Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER OF SAN ANTONIO

Amount

$357,734.00

Award Date

5/05/2009

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 incidence of cancer increases with age, suggesting that multiple events (DNA mutations) must take place for malignant transformation to occur. It is known that natural defense mechanisms serve to protect against accumulation of DNA mutations and to di