Primary Recipient

UMDNJ-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL

Amount

$199,282.00

Award Date

9/08/2009

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

A transgenic murine model of melanoma was developed by the ectopic expression of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (murine GRM1 or mGRM1) in melanocytes. We have expanded these original studies and have now shown that over 65% of human melanomas express t