Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

Amount

$231,132.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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

In the skeletally mature individual, hyaline articular cartilage does not heal effectively when injured and the natural progression of acquired articular cartilage defects is predictably poor, commonly culminating in joint arthrosis. Physician and patient