Primary Recipient

CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Amount

$567,970.00

Award Date

8/10/2009

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

This is a translational research study of the role of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI), the most frequent cause of persistent hypoglycemia in children. CHI is a genetic disorder of pancreatic ?-?-cell function characteri