Prof Peter Cowan

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FEATURED Journal article

The birth of Dolly and xenotransplantation 25 years on.

Peter Cowan's selected work

TRANSPLANTATION OF PIG ISLETS TO TREAT TYPE 1 DIABETES
Research Grant
Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-1 (CD39) impacts TGF-β1 responses: insights..
Journal article
TRANSPLANTATION OF PIG ISLETS TO TREAT DIABETES
Research Grant
Is ABO Compatibility Important in Islet Transplantation?
Journal article
Genetic modification to protect pig islets from T cell-mediated xenogeneic rejection
Research Grant
414.3: Review of the Safety and Efficacy of Immunosuppression in the Pig-To-Nonhuman Prima..
Journal article

Peter Cowan's selected work

TRANSPLANTATION OF PIG ISLETS TO TREAT TYPE 1 DIABETES

Research Grant

Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-1 (CD39) impacts TGF-β1 responses: insights..

Journal article

TRANSPLANTATION OF PIG ISLETS TO TREAT DIABETES

Research Grant

Is ABO Compatibility Important in Islet Transplantation?

Journal article

Genetic modification to protect pig islets from T cell-mediated xenogeneic rejection

Research Grant

414.3: Review of the Safety and Efficacy of Immunosuppression in the Pig-To-Nonhuman Prima..

Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects from 16 for Peter Cowan.

TRANSPLANTATION OF PIG ISLETS TO TREAT TYPE 1 DIABETES

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) destroys the insulin-producing cells within the islets of the pancreas, causing blood sugar to rise. Transplantation i..

2019 - 2023

Active

BRIDGING THE GAP IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION USING PIGS AS DONORS

Chronic kidney failure results in patients suffering significant morbidity and mortality ultimately requiring life-supporting dialysis. Kidn..

2017 - 2020

Completed

Genetic modification to protect pig islets from T cell-mediated xenogeneic rejection

2017 - 2020

Completed

TRANSPLANTATION OF PIG ISLETS TO TREAT DIABETES

Type 1 diabetes destroys the body’s insulin-producing cells (islets), resulting in high blood sugar levels and the prospect of devastating c..

2014 - 2018

Completed

New strategies to protect pig-to-human renal xenografts

Kidney failure contributes to 11% of all deaths in Australia and is projected to affect as many as 30,000 Australians by 2020, at a cumulati..

2013 - 2017

Completed

DIREKT: DISARMING THE INTRAVASCULAR INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO IMPROVE MODALITIES FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE TREATMENT

2014 - 2016

Completed

DIREKT: DISARMING THE INTRAVASCULAR INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO IMPROVE MODALITIES FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE TREATMENT

Dialysis is the mainstay treatment for patients with end-stage kidney disease while they await transplantation. However, the dialysis proces..

2014 - 2016

Completed

WHICH TRANSGENIC PIG WILL BE USED FOR ISLET TRANSPLANTATION IN HUMANS?

We propose that xenotransplantation of pig islets will cure Type 1 diabetes. This program will generate genetically modified pigs to overcom..

2007 - 2013

Completed

Study of new mechanisms that control blood clotting

2011 - 2013

Completed

PRECLINICAL STUDIES IN XENOTRANSPLANATION

Many people with organ failure need a transplant to survive. Unfortunately most patients who would benefit from a transplant are unable to r..

2009 - 2012

Completed

16

Projects

Project Types

16

Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 423 for Peter Cowan.

The birth of Dolly and xenotransplantation 25 years on.

Mark B Nottle, Wayne J Hawthorne, Peter J Cowan

Journal article | 2023 | Xenotransplantation

A number of reviews have been written recently celebrating the 25th anniversary of the birth of Dolly the cloned sheep and the eff..

Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-1 (CD39) impacts TGF-β1 responses: insights into cardiac fibrosis and function following myocardial infarction.

Tatiana Novitskaya, Shamama Nishat, Roman Covarrubias, Debra G Wheeler, Elena Chepurko, Oscar Bermeo-Blanco, Zhaobin Xu, Bradly Baer, Heng He, Stephanie N Moore, Karen M Dwyer, Peter J Cowan, Yan Ru Su, Tarek S Absi, Jonathan Schoenecker, Leon M Bellan, Walter J Koch, Shyam Bansal, Igor Feoktistov, Simon C Robson, et al.

Journal article | 2022 | Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol

Extracellular purine nucleotides and nucleosides released from activated or injured cells influence multiple aspects of cardiac ph..