Primary Recipient

NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH

Amount

$999,999.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

We propose to build a new paradigm for advancing and transforming patient care through development of cell-based therapies for human lung disease. Analysis of acute lung injury in mice indicates that epithelial damage can precede loss of alveolar structur