Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Amount

$770,000.00

Award Date

8/10/2009

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

In 2001, our group began studies to determine the genetics causes of bone fragility. We chose to study rats, rather than mice, because the laboratory rat has proven to be an excellent model for human bone disorders, like osteoporosis. Because rats are lar