Primary Recipient

EMORY UNIVERSITY

Amount

$1,000,000.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

New Frontiers in OMPD: Stem Cell Theory of Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy The Challenge: Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare autosomal dominant disease of late onset for which no cure exists. It is characterized by eyelid drooping, d