Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

Amount

$100,000.00

Award Date

12/21/2009

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

These studies wil provide strong evidence whether diabetes induced cardiomyocyte mitochondrial DNA damage is a major cause for the progression of diabetic cardiomyopathy. The most important goal of this proposal is to determine if overexpression of OGG pr