Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$294,889.00

Award Date

8/01/2009

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

To investigate the therapeutic implications of the current paradigm that autoimmune disease can result from defects in the clearance of dying/apoptotic cells, we have conducted preliminary studies that have shown that infusions of a natural antibody deriv