Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

Amount

$747,077.00

Award Date

7/20/2009

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

Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is an inherited mitochondrial neurodegenerative and demyelinating disease that affects thousands in the US, and several thousands more worldwide. Friedreich's ataxia results from a deficiency in the expression of the mitochondri