Primary Recipient

BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING

Amount

$969,959.00

Award Date

7/21/2009

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

In the mitochondrial free radical theory of aging, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation is an inevitable consequence of oxidative ATP production, and the primary cause of macromolecular damage. Some damage is not repaired, causing progre