Primary Recipient

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Amount

$2,922,996.00

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

Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most common form of adult onset muscular dystrophy, with an incidence of about 1 in 8,000 adults. The most common form of the disease, DM1, is caused by an expanded CTG repeat in the 3' UTR of the DMPK gene, and CUG repeat R

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	Primary recipient	$2,445,408.00
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	Sub-recipient	$260,709.54
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	Sub-recipient	$216,878.46