Grant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Primary Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Amount
$217,844.00
Award Date
6/01/2009
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
The bacterium Streptococcus mutans is the primary causative agent of dental caries, which remains the most common chronic disease among children and is untreated in up to 30% of adults over 35 yrs-old. When transiently introduced into the bloodstream foll