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Trans-‐NIH Ac-on Plan 2007
• Goal: Reduce the morbidity and mortality of those on waiting lists through research to increase organ availability and develop technologies that improve and prolong the function of failing organs.
• Advance promising product leads for organ-assist and replacement technologies via SBIR/STTR program.
• Programs to educate and encourage organ donation.
• Investigate tissue engineering as a means to repair, and maintain organ function.
Trans-‐NIH Ac-on Plan 2007
• Goal: Reduce the morbidity and mortality of those on waiting lists through development of alternatives to whole organ transplantation and the need for human organ donors.
• Explore the potential of xenotransplantation : facilitate research on pig-to-nonhuman-primate
• Explore the potential of stem and progenitor cells to repair organ functions.
• Investigate tissue engineering as a means to replace organ function.
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Poten-al Donor Classifica-on