Primary Recipient

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$770,000.00

Award Date

5/14/2009

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

Cataracts affect an estimated 20.5 million Americans, expected to rise to 30.1 million by 2020. Removal of cataracts and treatment for the most common complication of this procedure, posterior capsule opacification (PCO), are major Medicare expenditures.