Primary Recipient

CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE/CWRU

Amount

$331,022.00

Award Date

9/23/2009

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

Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is the major cause of severe vision loss in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The neovascularization originates from the choriocapillaris and grows through Bruch's membrane, into the sub-retinal pigme