Grant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Primary Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Amount
$446,875.00
Award Date
5/22/2009
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
Alcohol consumption is generally thought to enhance liver fibrosis. Alcohol-induced liver fibrosis promotes formation of cirrhosis, which increases a risk of liver cancer. Cancer cells have a consistent cytological feature of nucleolar hypertrophy, enlarg