Primary Recipient

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$385,000.00

Award Date

6/21/2010

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

Ricin is a potent toxin whose wide availability and ease of purification has resulted in its development as an agent of bioterrorism. The most likely and lethal means of delivery of ricin by terrorists to human populations would be by aerosolization. Th