Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$351,780.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

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

Werner syndrome (WS) is an 'adult-onset' genetic disorder characterized by multiple features consistent with accelerated aging (i.e., a 'segmental progeroid syndrome'). An aged appearance and common age-related disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus o