Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$258,762.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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 goal of our studies is to determine the functional role of Runx2 expressed by vascular smooth muscle cells in regulating vascular calcification. In the parent grant, we have designed complementary studies using cultured vascular smooth muscle cells in