Primary Recipient

YALE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$52,531.00

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

Chronic liver disease is the 10th leading cause of death in the USA,but liver transplantation is available to only a select few patients. Therefore, non-surgical alternatives are urgently needed. Surprisingly, adult bone marrow contains cells capable of e