Primary Recipient

SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH

Amount

$220,860.00

Award Date

7/12/2010

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

iNKT cells are extremely potent first responders to infection. The aggressive nature of these cells has made them attractive targets for immunotherapy. Like conventional T cells, iNKT cells develop in the thymus from hematopoietic precursor cells that com