Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$680,600.00

Award Date

8/11/2009

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

The Role of MicroRNA Alterations in Barrett?s Carcinogenesis: Patients with Barrett?s esophagus (BE) are at increased risk of developing esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), one of the most rapidly increasing cancers in developed nations. The molecular geneti