Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$92,319.00

Award Date

9/18/2009

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 purpose of this project is to study Benzene-induced leukemogenesis and its prevention. These studies are predicated on the following knowledge: 1) benzene-induced acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) displays MLL gene translocations; 2) benzene leukemo