Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$937,439.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

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

Melanoma, the most virulent form of skin cancer, is not responsive to chemotherapy. This project proposes to develop a method to sensitize melanomas to chemotherapy by selectively acidifying the cancer cells whileminimally affecting normal cells. The meth

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	Primary recipient	$807,242.00
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY	Sub-recipient	$130,197.00