Grant: THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Primary Recipient
THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Amount
$45,000.00
Award Date
9/04/2009
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
Inclusion body myopathies (IBM) are disabling skeletal muscle disorders and considered a prototypical age related muscle disease. There is no effective treatment. IBM muscle has characteristic 'rimmed vacuoles' and eosinophilic inclusions. These structure