Grant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
Primary Recipient
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Amount
$377,520.00
Award Date
5/17/2009
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
Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease, causing an estimated 33,370 deaths per year in the USA with a five-year survival rate of only 5%. The molecular hallmark of this cancer is an activating mutation in the small GTPase KRas, which is well known to