Primary Recipient

CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Amount

$768,104.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Tumor progression, and particularly that of some neuroectodermal tumors (e.g., neuroblastoma and melanoma) causes most cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Thus, understanding and preventing progression is critical to developing effective cancer therap