Primary Recipient

WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIO-MEDICAL RESEARCH

Amount

$812,391.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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

Somatic reprogramming efforts have focused on using embryonic stem (ES) cells and their differentiated progeny to regenerate various adult tissues depleted by aging or by various pathological processes. Alternatively, this goal might be reached via experi