Primary Recipient

THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE

Amount

$48,250.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

DNA damage, repair (or the lack of repair), and mutation are often critical events in the processes of aging and carcinogenesis. Thus we must understand how damage to the DNA is detected and repaired in order to meaningfully assess the long-term effects