Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$1,074,503.00

Award Date

5/07/2009

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

Rare diseases are studied in isolated laboratories, forgotten by main stream pharmacological companies, and considered almost academic curiosities. Finding variables that correlate/cause rare diseases (a condition is rare when it affects less than 1 perso