Primary Recipient

IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Amount

$99,757.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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

Many chronic inflammatory diseases are linked to an elevated risk of developing cancer. Yet, the functional significance of chronic inflammation in carcinogenesis is largely unknown. In the colon, strong support for a link between inflammation and cance