Primary Recipient

RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL

Amount

$199,716.00

Award Date

9/03/2009

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

This research investigates how chronic infection by the gastric bacterium Helicobacter pylori causes gastric cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Specifically, it focuses on how H. pylori, the main cause of gastric cancer, regulates