Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$76,211.00

Award Date

6/04/2009

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

Articular cartilage damage is a growing problem with active and increasingly aging populations. Cartilage, which is critical for frictionless and painless joint motion, has little endogenous repair capability. Aging processes and trauma lead to cartilage