Primary Recipient

ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$656,340.00

Award Date

9/15/2009

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

Primary hyperoxaluria type I (PH1) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by excessive oxalate production by hepatocytes due to peroxisomal alanineglyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT) deficiency, leading to increased conversion of glyoxylate to oxalate. In