Primary Recipient

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$213,114.00

Award Date

9/15/2009

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

The long-term goal of this research is to decrease the morbidity and mortality related to diabetic vascular complications by developing bioactive therapeutic agents. Hyperglycemia-induced vascular inflammation, leading to monocyte adhesion to vascular end