Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Amount

$112,794.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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

Fairness of skin correlates with diminished epidermal expression of eumelanin, the brown/black pigment responsible for dark complexion. Instead, there is preferential expression of pheomelanin, a sulfated blonde/red melanin species that is soluble and has