SBIR/STTR Research Award
A TECHNOLOGY FOR EASY AND RELIABLE CLONING OF MAMMALS IS BEING DEVELOPED.
Award amount
$30,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1983Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Reprotech Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
A TECHNOLOGY FOR EASY AND RELIABLE CLONING OF MAMMALS IS BEING DEVELOPED. THE INITIAL WORK WILL BE DONE WITH RABBITS BUT EVENTUALLY MULTIPLE COPIES OF MANY LAB- ORATORY, DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IS ANTICIPATED. TWO METHODS WILLATTEM1) USING CHEMICAL AND/O ELECTRICAL TREATMENT TO CAUSE OOCYTE-CELL FUSIONS 2) BY INDUCING OOCYTE DIPLOIDY WI CYTOCHALISIN B OR IRDIATED SPERM. THESE PROCEDURES WILL PRODUCE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ANIMALS FOR UNIQUE GENETIC RECOMBINATION AND REGULATION.
Technology keywords
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