Research Grants Awarded

Reseach grants support Minnesota scientific and medical research that has the potential to translate to clinical advances in regenerative medicine. Grants typically open every September. Learn more about how to apply for a grant by reading our frequently asked questions. 

 

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Karen Echeverri, PhD
Spinal cord regeneration: translating from salamanders to enhance regenerative repair after injury in mammals
Some salamanders can regenerate a fully functional spinal cord after injury, but humans and other mammals can’t. Dr. Echeverri’s research has…
2017-2019
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Patricia Devaux, PhD
Derivation of clinical grade transgene-free human iPSC using a newly developed measles reprogramming system for the treatment of diabetes.
Dr. Devaux is testing a new way of making human blood cells go back to a state from which they can then develop into other kinds of cells,…
2017-2019
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Sunny Chan, PhD
Generation of second heart field and head muscle progenitors by modeling cardiopharyngeal mesoderm
Some common birth defects affect the muscles of both a child’s face and heart. Dr. Chan is working on a pluripotent stem cell model that produces…
2017-2019
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Nathan P. Staff, MD, PhD
A Phase IIA study using intrathecal treatment of autologous adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
The overall objective of this proposal is to conduct a multi-site, placebo-controlled Phase IIA clinical trial to obtain clinical data on the…
2016-2018
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Ann M. Parr, MD, PhD
Generating human neural stem and progenitor cells in a porcine model through blastocyst complementation
Porcine blastocyst complementation utilizing human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) is a potentially transformative approach that could generate…
2016-2018
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Kimberly Holst, MD
Phase I study of delivery of autologous bone marrow derived mononuclear cells to myopathic right ventricle in patients with Ebstein anomaly during surgical intervention
The goal of this Phase I study is to establish the safety and feasibility of intramyocardial injection of autologous bone marrow derived…
2016-2018
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Daniel J. Garry, MD, PhD
Humanized vasculature in gene edited animals
The long term goal of our research proposal is to generate a human organ (vasculature) in pigs, which will serve as an unlimited source of vessels…
2016-2018
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Brian Fife, PhD
Identifying and targeting antigen specific T cells in diabetes to preserve beta cells
The primary goals of this project are to restore immune homeostasis that allows islet beta cell survival and regeneration as a cure for Type 1…
2016-2018
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John C. Burnett, Jr, MD
Novel Cell-Free Peptide Therapeutics for Cardiac Repair and Regeneration
  Our goal is to establish that the use of a novel Mayo Clinic engineered peptide will serve as an innovative cell-free peptide therapeutic strategy…
2016-2018
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Jonathan S. Marchant, PhD
Addressing the source of Parkinson's disease
There is a key need to generate new drug treatments for neurodegenerative diseases that stop disease progression rather than just mask symptoms. In…
2016-2018
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Bruce Blazar, MD
Reducing recovery time after bone marrow transplant
Bone marrow transplants (BMTs) help thousands of patients with various diseases and cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma. Patients receive…
2016-2018
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Bruce Walcheck, PhD
Treating cancer using the patient's immune system
Cancer is a difficult disease to treat because it is hard to detect within the body. Cancer sneaks in to normal cells and changes them to cancer…
2015-2017