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/ / CHECK THIS BOX IF NO                    STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                OMB NUMBER:       3235-0287
    LONGER SUBJECT TO                                                                                   EXPIRES: JANUARY 31, 2005
    SECTION 16.  FORM 4 OR    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,   ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN
    FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or     HOURS PER RESPONSE .... 0.5
    CONTINUE.  SEE                       Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940           -----------------------------
    INSTRUCTION 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*     2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol     6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
                                                                                                 to Issuer (Check all applicable)
                                                Diacrin, Inc.                                   X     Director             10% Owner
   Fraser,        Thomas            H.          DCRN                                           ----                 ----
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    (Last)        (First)        (Middle)    3. I.R.S. Identification   4. Statement for       ----          title  ---- (specify
                                                Number of Reporting        Month/Day/Year                    below)       below)
   c/o Diacrin, Inc.                            Person, if an entity                                 President and CEO
   Building 96 13th Street                      (voluntary)                1/13/03              -----------------------------------
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                  (Street)                                              5. If Amendment,          (Check Applicable Line)
                                                                           Date of Original   _X_Form filed by One Reporting Person
                                                                           (Month/Day/Year)   ___Form filed by More than One
   Boston,          MA              02129                                                        Reporting Person
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    (City)       (State)            (Zip)        TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of   2. Trans-  2A. Deemed     3. Trans-     4. Securities Acquired (A)      5. Amount of      6. Owner-     7. Nature
   Security      action      Execution     action        or Disposed of (D)              Securities        ship          of In-
   (Instr. 3)    Date        Date,         Code          (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially      Form:         direct
                             if any        (Instr. 8)                                    Owned Follow-     Direct        Bene-
                 (Month/     (Month/                                                     ing Reported      (D) or        ficial
                 Day/        Day/          ------------------------------------------    Transaction(s)    Indirect      Owner-
                 Year)       Year)                                   (A) or              (Instr. 3         (I)           ship
                                           Code    V       Amount    (D)     Price        and 4)           (Instr. 4)    (Instr. 4)

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  Common Stock
  $.01 par value                                                                           505,988            D
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                                                                              /s/  Thomas H. Fraser                      1/14/03
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                                                                                    **Signature of Reporting Person       Date


Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.

*  If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction
   4(b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
   Violations.  SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.

POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.






FORM 4 (CONTINUED)          TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                   (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)

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1. Title of Derivative Security     2. Conver-   3. Trans-   3A. Deemed   4. Transac-   5. Number of Deriv-      6. Date Exer-
   (Instr. 3)                          sion or      action       Execution   tion Code     ative Securities Ac-     cisable and Ex-
                                       Exercise     Date         Date,       (Instr. 8)    quired (A) or Dis-       piration Date
                                       Price of    (Month/       if any                    posed of (D)             (Month/Day/
                                       Deriv-       Day/         (Month/                   (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)     Year)
                                       ative        Year)        Day/
                                       Security                  Year)


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                                                                                                                  Date     Expira-
                                                                                                                  Exer-    tion
                                                                           Code    V        (A)        (D)        cisable  Date

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  Employee Stock Option
  (right to buy)                        $1.06       1/13/03                  A             7,500                   1/13/04  1/13/13
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  Employee Stock Option
  (right to buy)                        $1.06       1/13/03                  A             7,500                   1/13/05  1/13/13
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  Employee Stock Option
  (right to buy)                        $1.06       1/13/03                  A             7,500                   1/13/06  1/13/13
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  Employee Stock Option
  (right to buy)                        $1.06       1/13/03                  A             7,500                   1/13/07  1/13/13
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7. Title and Amount of          8. Price of      9. Number of     10. Ownership     11. Nature of
   Underlying Securities           Derivative       Derivative        Form of           Indirect
   (Instr. 3 and 4)                Security         Securities        Derivative        Beneficial
                                   (Instr. 5)       Beneficially      Securities:       Ownership
                                                    Owned             Direct (D) or     (Instr. 4)
                                                    Following         Indirect (I)
                                                    Reported          (Instr. 4)
                                                    Transaction(s)
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   Title         Amount or
                 Number of
                 Shares

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  Common Stock     7,500
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  Common Stock     7,500
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  Common Stock     7,500
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  Common Stock     7,500                              30,000             D
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Explanation of Responses:







                                                                              /s/ Thomas H. Fraser                       1/14/03
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                                                                                    **Signature of Reporting Person       Date

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
   Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.

POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.