Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$449,458.00

Award Date

8/19/2009

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

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of irreversible blindness among elderly people in the developed countries, is a complex disease caused by multiple genetic and environmental factors, and currently 1.75 million people are suffering