Primary Recipient

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$947,869.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

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 adult mammals, muscle stem cells (MuSCs) proliferate less, there is less new muscle produced, and there is more fibrosis, than in young mammals. These effects are at least partly due to soluble molecules that regulate MuSCs and their progeny. The conce