Primary Recipient

MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, INC., THE

Amount

$760,000.00

Award Date

7/20/2009

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

The long-term objective of the proposed research is to determine the effects of age on the susceptibility of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) to oxidative stress. Oxidative stress to the RPE is believed to decrease the support that the RPE provides to