Primary Recipient

TEXAS A & M RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Amount

$131,963.00

Award Date

9/14/2009

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

Exposure to environmental toxicants such as dioxin and benzo-a-pyrene (e .g.: from cigarette smoke) has severe adverse effects on maternal and fetal health. Placental stem cells which give rise to placenta are critical for the developing fetus. The effe