Primary Recipient

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$288,108.00

Award Date

7/22/2009

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

Our purpose in carrying out these studies is to understand the molecular causes of and to improve treatments for recurrent corneal erosions and corneal epithelial stem cell deficiency. Trauma-induced recurrent erosions to the cornea cause pain and sufferi