Primary Recipient

AARON DIAMOND AIDS RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK, INC, THE

Amount

$456,250.00

Award Date

8/11/2009

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

The overall purpose of the award is to discover how glycolipids activate Natural Killer T (NKT) cells, a key component of the innate immune system. In learning about the mechanisms of how glycolipids function, we hope to determine whether or not this clas