Primary Recipient

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$850,024.00

Award Date

8/04/2009

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

One of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the senile plaque, principally composed of the Abeta peptide. Abeta1-42, the 42 amino-acid peptide fragment of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), has a striking propensity to aggregate int