Primary Recipient

DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.

Amount

$3,297,821.00

Award Date

9/28/2009

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

Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS or progeria) is a rare autosomal dominant 'premature aging' disease. Children die at a median age of 13 years due to heart attacks and strokes caused by accelerated, global arteriosclerosis. The HGPS mutation lie

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE	Sub-recipient	$1,720,599.00
PROGERIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Sub-recipient	$672,550.00
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.	Primary recipient	$658,248.00
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL	Sub-recipient	$212,258.00
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE	Sub-recipient	$34,166.00