Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON

Amount

$35,160.00

Award Date

5/29/2009

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

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic central nervous system disease that affects 2.5 million patients worldwide. Currently, there is no cure for MS, but a number of disease modifying drugs have been either approved by the FDA or undergoing clinical trials