Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

Amount

$0.00

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

Work involves searching for the methods of healing or repairing of the heart already subjected to ischemia/reperfusion. Results found that ischemic myocardium initially attempts to protect itself by a process known as autophagy. Our preliminary studies do