Primary Recipient

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Amount

$143,326.00

Award Date

5/12/2009

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 transmission of infectious prions from cattle to humans continues to threaten our society. Prions form multiple infectious strain conformations that have unique capacities to overcome species barriers through an unknown mechanism. This proposed resear