Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE

Amount

$409,805.00

Award Date

7/22/2009

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

Myopia (shortsightedness) This project explores a novel approach to the prevention and treatment of myopia (near-sightedness), which involves excessive elongation of the eye due to remodelling in the sclera, the outer supporting wall of the eye. Recent ye