Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON

Amount

$375,255.00

Award Date

9/17/2009

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

Toxins, pathogenic infection (viral and bacterial), and physical injury to the liver results in a loss of hepatic tis- ue, triggering a regenerative response to restore liver cell mass. Dysregulation in the repair process can lead o liver failure or liver