Primary Recipient

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Amount

$150,859.00

Award Date

9/12/2009

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 photoreceptor cells of the retina carry out the essential task of translating light into electrical signals that can be passed on and analyzed by the rest of the visual system. Diseases that cause the photoreceptor cells to degenerate lead to irrevers