Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$51,916.00

Award Date

9/18/2009

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

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), affecting 500,000 Americans, is the most common potentially lethal genetic disease and is characterized by cyst overgrowth that destroys the kidney. Protein synthesis and delivery are essential to the