Primary Recipient

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$289,925.00

Award Date

9/15/2009

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 growing body of experimental evidence suggests that hemoglobin release from lysing erythrocytes may contribute to oxidative injury to tissue surrounding a hematoma. Prior studies have demonstrated that hemoglobin toxicity is mediated by transfer of its