Primary Recipient

LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY

Amount

$70,675.00

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

The cellular and biochemical changes that define ripening of the prepartum cervix occur well before birth. Recent findings indicate that the ripening process is associated with inflammation; immigration and activation of leukocytes coincide with the disco