Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE

Amount

$488,985.00

Award Date

9/23/2009

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

The parent project long-term goal is to explore the therapeutic potential of up-regulating 5-sarcoglycan levels for the treatment of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D (LGMD2D). Mutations in the 1-sarcoglycan gene cause LGMD2D, and leads to progressiv