Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$624,000.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSCs) can only be used effectively in recipients with the same (or nearly the same) histocompatibility type, to avoid rejection or toxic immunosuppression. To overcome this problem, v