Primary Recipient

THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$49,434.00

Award Date

8/28/2009

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

Matrix metallo-proteinases (MMPs) are often present in high levels in cancer such as tumors of the skin, breast, thyroid, cervix, lung, colon and prostate, but absent in normal tissues. MMPs are enzymes that are capable of chewing through the protein barr