Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, THE

Amount

$737,049.00

Award Date

7/19/2009

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

Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare and oftentimes fatal progressive neurodegenerative disease. The most common form of the disease is X-linked (X-ALD); it occurs equally in all ethnic groups with an estimated incidence of 1:17,000. X-ALD is a clinically