Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$630,000.00

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

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important human pathogen with a high rate of persistence that can lead to liver cirrhosis and cancer. Given the relevance of T cells in HCV pathogenesis and emerging literature on immune function and exhaustion, we hypothesiz