Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Amount

$984,910.00

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

Lymphocytes bearing high levels of FasL are known to suppress cell-mediated immunity and destroy the efficacy of DNA vaccines. Their ability to kill the antigen-presenting cells can be eliminated by several different mechanisms and we are exploring a numb