Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$228,568.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Telomere lengths of human chromosomes shorten with age. Accelerated telomere shortening is associated with multiple different diseases of older adults such as pulmonary fibrosis, atherosclerosis and osteoporosis. Measurement of telomere lengths in a la