Grant: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Primary Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Amount
$592,410.00
Award Date
9/17/2009
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
Patients with Werner syndrome exhibit many of the features of premature aging including atherosclerosis and an increase in specific cancers. The gene mutated in Werner syndome, WRN, is a member of the RecQ family of DNA helicases and encodes both 3'?5' DN