Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Amount

$215,093.00

Award Date

7/20/2009

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

Pulmonary emphysema is a prevalent lung disease with no effective treatment. Its unique features are the ultimate disappearance of lung tissue and loss of alveoler-capillary units. The lung destruction becomes sustained and progressive even long after dis