Primary Recipient

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$107,040.00

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

Project Summary/AbstractOsteoarthritis will affect 50 million Americans by 2020. The disease process ischaracterized by the aberrant gene expression and the inability of cartilage chondrocytesto repair the extracellular matrix leading to cartilage degener