Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M D ANDERSON

Amount

$50,000.00

Award Date

9/21/2009

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

The primary cause of skin cancer is chronic exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays from sunlight. A crucial event in the prevention of UV-induced skin cancer is the repair of DNA damage and / or the removal of the damaged cell through apoptotic mechanisms. Fai