Primary Recipient

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (INC)

Amount

$1,242,287.00

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

Prion diseases are infectious, conformational neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the structural modicfication of the prion protein, PrPC, into a pathological conformer, PrPSc. Currently there is no effective therapy for this group of diseases.

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (INC)	Primary recipient	$665,877.00
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY	Sub-recipient	$576,410.00