Primary Recipient

UMDNJ-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL

Amount

$318,667.00

Award Date

8/13/2009

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

We have demonstrated previously that inactivation of eEF2 kinase can protect mice from the lethal effect of gamma radiation and can protect intestinal stem cells from radiation-induced apoptosis. The goal of our project is to identify eEF2 kinase inhibito