Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$132,600.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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

Studies of familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) have revealed three important AD genes, Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP), Presenilin 1 PS1) and Presenilin 2 (PS2), in which mutations lead to autosomal dominant AD with nearly complete penetrance. Recent litera