Primary Recipient

TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Amount

$227,785.00

Award Date

9/16/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Telomeres are higher order nucleoprotein structures that physically cap the chromosome terminus and help to preserve genome integrity. In cells with unlimited proliferative capacity, including 95% of human cancers, telomeres are maintained by telomerase.