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STRAIN SPECIFICITY OF ANTI-CRYPTOSPORIDIUM IGG

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Health and Human Services 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
18926 		Program Year/Program:
1994 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
18926 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
IMMUCELL CORPORATION
IMMUCELL CORPORATION 56 EVERGREEN DR PORTLAND, ME 04103
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1994
Title: STRAIN SPECIFICITY OF ANTI-CRYPTOSPORIDIUM IGG
Agency: HHS
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $446,482.00
 

Abstract:

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM IS A SIGNIFICANT HUMAN PATHOGEN FOR WHICH NO CHEMOTHERAPY HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFICACIOUS. THE NUMBER OF CASES OF HUMAN CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST DECADE, PARTICULARLY IN THE POPULATION OF IMMUNO-COMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS. IN THE AIDS POPULATION, THE MORTALITY RATE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS EXCEEDS 60 PERCENT. HYPERIMMUNEANTI-CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVINE COLOSTRUM, HAS SHOWN AGREAT DEAL OF PROMISE IN LIMITED HUMAN STUDIES, PROVIDING THERAPEUTIC BENEFIT TO 7 OF 8 CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS PATIENTS THUS FAR TREATED. A POSSIBLE IMPEDIMENT TO THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF A CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVINE COLOSTRAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANTIGENIC DIVERSITY AMONG ISOLATES OR STRAINS OF THIS PARASITE, AS THERE IS A PAUCITY OF DATA ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE. THIS RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON EVALUATING CROSS-REACIVITY AND CROSS- NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY AGAINST C. PARVUM ISOLATES FROM CALVES AND HUMANS AND FROM GEOGRAPHICALLYDIVERSE REGIONS USING ANTI-CRYPTOSPORIDIUM COLOSTRAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN PREPARATIONS WITH DEMONSTRATED PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES. THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE IS TO DISCOVER STRAINS THAT ELICIT BROAD CROSS-NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES FOR HUMAN THERAPEUTIC USE.

Principal Investigator:

Joseph H Crabb
2078782770

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Immucell Corp.
56 Evergreen Drive Portland, ME 04103

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No