Primary Recipient

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$99,999.00

Award Date

5/25/2010

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

Gene therapy approaches for diseases of the -globin gene (sickle cell anemia, -thalassemia) will be needed for definitive cures. In this grant, we will use Homology Directed Repair strategies to correct-globin mutations in induced pluripotent stem cells.