Primary Recipient

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (INC)

Amount

$798,312.00

Award Date

9/23/2009

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

Keloids are a common form of hypertrophic scar which can be disfiguring. People who suffer from keloids tend to be African-Americans and South Asians and others with dark skin. We propose two aims in this project: 1. To determine the number and function