Primary Recipient

THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$10,192.00

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

Sepsis is the leading cause of death in intensive care units in the United States, with up to 210,000 people dying from the disease annually. Gut epithelial apoptosis is elevated in both animal models and human autopsy studies of sepsis. We have previousl