Grant: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Primary Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Amount
$500,000.00
Award Date
8/06/2009
Administering Agency
CDFA Number
47.082
CDFA Program Title
Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support
Description
INTELLECTUAL MERIT: The extracellular matrix (ECM) in human tissues plays a critical role in protecting and nourishing cells by providing cell adhesion sites and sequestering growth factors. Artificially constructed ECM-simulating biomaterials are often c