1. The government has a requirement for the contractor to generate transgenic mice that contain humanized livers, infect those livers with BSL-2 agent (malaria), and extract the liver stage form of the parasite using laser capture microdissection.
POP will be 4 months from date of award. Mice specifications are as follows:
 
Order #1 Ship 24 human liver chimeric mice with good level of human liver tissue engraftment, QTY 1/Pk.

Order #2 Infect human liver chimeric mice with P vivax sporozoites (supplied by NAMRU-6)

Order #3 Ship 20 human liver chimeric mice with good level of human liver tissue engraftment.

Order #4 Infect mice containing humanized liver with P. vivax sporozoites (supplied by NMRC)


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