Primary Recipient

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$398,863.00

Award Date

7/22/2009

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

In the early stages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, irreversible tissue necrosis occurs as the result of localized lung inflammation. The bactericidal mechanism of macrophages and neutrophils, that are supposed to control the infection, in