Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, THE

Amount

$667,195.00

Award Date

9/01/2009

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

A major stated research priority of the National Eye Institute is 'to identify the genes involved in retinal degenerative diseases'. Although numerous genes causing retinal degeneration have been discovered, many remain to be identified, and novel approac