Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO

Amount

$129,563.00

Award Date

11/19/2010

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

This award atms at under standing the pothogenesis of alcohol-induced gut leakiness in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and the role of zinc. ALD is an important health problem, but an FDA-approved effective therapy is not available. Gut-derived endotoxin h