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Aastrom Biosciences Receives NIH Grant to Expand Its Cell Production Capabilities; -- Grant Recognizes Aastrom's Technology Leadership in Cell Therapy Field --.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 21-MAY-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (NasdaqSC: ASTM) today announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The $101,000 grant, entitled Clinical Human Cell Production System for Broad Use, supports the initial development phase for a new system that is intended to enable the production of a variety of primary human cell types. The new system will incorporate components of Aastrom's existing proprietary technologies in cell production processes and devices, and is intended to meet cell production needs for early clinical stage cell therapies at sites where the full production capabilities of the AastromReplicell(TM) System are not yet needed. It is expected that researchers and investigators may choose to use the new broad-use system as the transition from manual...

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