Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Amount

$813,050.00

Award Date

8/15/2009

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

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) are multipotent stem cells capable of differentiating into different lineage cells including osteoblasts, chondrocytes, adipocytes, cardiomyocytes, myoblasts, and neural cells. A recent major breakthrough was th