Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

Amount

$533,941.00

Award Date

9/07/2009

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

Articular cartilage, the avascular tissue that covers the ends of synovial joints and provides articulating joints with a durable, weight-distributing surface, damaged by illness or trauma has little capacity for self-repair. Current interventions that in