Biomed Center 393

Phone: 333-3880

Email: [email protected]

 Research Summary:

Artificial Organs

M.D., Brown University Program in Medicine, 1979. Associate Professor of Surgery (Research). Artificial Organs Laboratory.

Research Summary: Major current activity is in the area of cell transplantation as a means of delivering protein therapeutics for the treatment of degenerative diseases of the retina. Future projects may involve other therapies for opthalmologic and neurologic disorders, as well as cell base, viable vaccines.

 Publications:

Aebischer, P. Buchser E., Joseph, J.M., Favre J., de Tribolet N., Lysaght, M. Rudnick S., Goddard M. Transplantation in humans of encapsulated xenogeneic cells without immunosuppression. Transplantation, 58. No. 11 p. 1275-77, Decmeber, 1994.

Aebischer P., Schluep, M. Deglon, N. Joseph J-M, Hirt, L., Heyd B, Goddard M., Hammang, JP, Zurn, AD, Kato, AC, Regli, F. Baetge EE. Intrathecal delivery of CNTF using encapsulated genitically modified xenogenic cells in amytophic laterail sclerosis patients. Nature Medicine, 2 No. 6, p 696-699, June 1996.

Buchser, E., Goddar, M., Heyd B., Joseph, JM, Havre, J, de Tribolet, N., Lysaght, M, Aebischer, P. Immunoisolated xenogeneic chromaffin cell therapy for chronic pain. Anesthesiology 85: 1005-1012, 1996.

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