Primary Recipient

ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL

Amount

$97,684.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

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

Type 1 diabetes Is an autoimmune disease that occurs when autoreactive T cells attack and kill the insulin producing cells of the pancreas. Currently, the disease is treated by repeated insulin Injections, however there is no cure. Prolonged periods of un