Primary Recipient

DREXEL UNIVERSITY

Amount

$418,074.00

Award Date

8/20/2009

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

The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is involved in a myriad of metabolic processes required for body homeostasis and can also detoxify harmful chemicals. The liver receives blood from the hepatic portal vein and the hepatic artery. The hepatic