Primary Recipient

TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITITUE, THE

Amount

$404,142.00

Award Date

6/05/2009

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

With a 5-year survival rate of less than 4% pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Current chemotherapy and radiation therapy are largely ineffective in the treatment of this disease. Surgical treatment offers