Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$846,385.00

Award Date

5/30/2009

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

Tobacco related lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with and without emphysema, are among the major causes of lung-related disability and death worldwide. The immediate cause of emphysema is destruction of lung matrix, es