Surrogate Tolerogenesis for Xenotransplantation

Award Information

Agency: Department of Health and Human Services	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 29406	Program Year/Program: 1997 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 29406	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: XIMEREX, INC.
2614 N. 161 AVE. OMAHA, NE 68116-2461
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1997

Title: Surrogate Tolerogenesis for Xenotransplantation

Agency: HHS

Contract: 1 R43 DK50737-01,

Award Amount: $726,828.00

Abstract:
The primary problem in organ transplantation today is the shortage of human donors. A proposed soluuse of pigs, but the risk of rejection is currently too great. The ultimate goal for transplant recispecific immune tolerance. They would then accept their grafts as "self' without immune suppression.naturally induced in fetuses, it is difficult to induce in adults. A novel approach, called "surroga

Principal Investigator:
William Beschorner
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Ximerex, Inc.
4310 Farmfield Ct Baldwin, MD 21013

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DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No