AN IMPROVED BIOARTIFICIAL ENDOCRINE PANCREAS

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Agency: Department of Health and Human Services	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 13803	Program Year/Program: 1990 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 13803	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Cellular Transplants Inc
4 Richmond Sq Providence, RI 02906
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Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1990

Title: AN IMPROVED BIOARTIFICIAL ENDOCRINE PANCREAS

Agency: HHS

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $49,938.00

Abstract:
THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL PRACTICE OF AN EFFECTIVE BIOCOMPATIBLE IMPLANTABLE HYBRID ARTIFICIAL ENDOCRINE PANCREAS THAT IS CAPABLE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE THERAPY OF INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES. THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EXTEND AND MODIFY A PROCESS FOR CELLULAR ENCAPSULATION TO THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS, USING A CO-EXTRUSION METHOD IN WHICH THE ISLET TISSUE IS ENCLOSED WITHIN THE POLYMERIC MEMBRANE CAPSULE AT THE TIME OF ITS FORMATION. THE RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL DEFINE CONDITIONS OF A MACROCAPSULE CONTAINING PHYSIOLOGICALLY RESPONSIVE INSULIN-SECRETING ENDOCRINE TISSUE. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TECHNOLOGY MAY PERMIT THE EFFICACIOUS USE OF ANIMAL CELLS INAN IMMUNOISOLATED ENVIRONMENT FOR THE EARLY TREATMENT OF INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES AND THUS IMPACT POSITIVELY ON THEPREVENTION OF THE DEBILITATING SECONDARY COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISEASE.

Principal Investigator:
Orion D Hegre
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Small Business Information at Submission:

Cellular Transplants Inc
4 Richmond Sq Providence, RI 02906

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Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No