Primary Recipient

MAYO CLINIC

Amount

$99,554.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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

Heme oxygenase (HO) metabolizes heme to biliverdin during which iron is released and carbon monoxide (CO) emitted. In 1992, the PI's laboratory provided the first evidence for the cytoprotective effects of HO-1, findings that served as the basis for the f