Primary Recipient

LOVELACE BIOMEDICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC

Amount

$221,559.00

Award Date

9/01/2009

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

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The susceptibility of the chronic smoker for developing lung cancer is likely linked to germline polymorphisms in cribioactivation, detoxification and repair of DNA damage stemming from tobacco c