Primary Recipient

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Amount

$150,000.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Diabetes affects 24 million Americans, 220 million people worldwide, and is the 6th leading cause of death in the US. Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the most common cause of kidney failure in the US. This chronic and debilitating disease is characterized by