Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$433,125.00

Award Date

5/29/2009

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

Hepatitis is a pathological syndrome of liver injury that has several causes and is characterized by varying degrees of liver injury. Chronic hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus infections in humans result in liver damage, inflammation, and secondary develo