Primary Recipient

CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER

Amount

$162,500.00

Award Date

5/04/2009

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

Degenerative disc disease and its associated chronic lower back pain is a major U.S. health problem with estimated costs of up to $50 billion yearly. Despite decades of research, a fundamental, multidisciplinary mechanistic understanding of disc degenerat