Primary Recipient

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Amount

$76,037.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

Telomeres are DNA-protein structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that are protected and maintained by specialized proteins including the reverse transcriptase telomerase. Telomere defects have been linked with both aging and transformation. A cr