Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Amount

$412,500.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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 progressive lung damage in cystic fibrosis (CF) arises from characteristic bacterial colonization with Pseudomonas aeruginosa being central After initial infection then colonization with wild-type strains, conversion of P. aeruginosa to the mucoid phe