Primary Recipient

ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$456,500.00

Award Date

7/19/2009

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

This award funds a project directed at developing a therapeutic strategy relevant to lysosomal storage diseases that affect 1 in 8000 children. About half of these disorders, like Tay Sachs disease, also affect the brain, frequently result in early death