Primary Recipient

WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Amount

$858,064.00

Award Date

6/21/2009

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

During atherogenesis, eicosanoid biosynthesis is altered by mechanisms that are not well understood. Consistent with the essential nature of eicosanoid equilibrium, prostaglandin H2 synthase (PGHS, colloquially known as COX) enzymes produce prostaglandin