Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

Amount

$206,351.00

Award Date

9/01/2009

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

Human leukemia/lymphoma is often associated with acquisition of a constitutive activation of the Jak/STAT pathway. Jak activation leads to increased survival and increased proliferation of tumor cells as well as metastasis. While in some instances the pat