Primary Recipient

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$392,500.00

Award Date

6/14/2010

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

Human autoinflammatory syndromes represent a diverse set of diseases, including hereditary periodic fevers (HPF), Type 2 diabetes and gout, which are characterized by overexpression of IL-1b in the absence of recognized inflammatory stimuli. IL-1b is mad