Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

Amount

$995,500.00

Award Date

9/23/2009

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

Identification of Enhancers of Therapeutic Exon Skipping for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is the most common lethal genetic disease of childhood, occurring in 1 in every 3500 live male births. It is caused by the absence o