Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$656,000.00

Award Date

9/16/2009

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

During early development of the mammalian eye, there is a transient network of blood vessels arising from the area of the optic nerve, extending through the vitreous, and surrounding the developing lens. Called the fetal vasculature, these blood vessels n