Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Amount

$769,776.00

Award Date

9/20/2009

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

Approximately 40,000 Americans are diagnosed with brain tumors each year, with15-35% being glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive primary brain tumor that has defied all existing therapeutic modalities. Treatment of brain tumors normally begins with