Primary Recipient

RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL

Amount

$589,576.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

Type I interferons (IFNa,b) have been widely used for treatment of cancer and virus-infected diseases. Our recent findings suggest that IFN-alpha can have a previous totally unknown signaling event, i.e., lysine acetylation cascade, leading to anti-prolif