Primary Recipient

CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST

Amount

$100,000.00

Award Date

9/16/2011

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 overall goal of the proposed study is to validate specific biomarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a fatal motor neuron degenerative disease that can strike adults of any age, yet we know little about its causes and cannot rapidly d