Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$366,632.00

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

This R21 award supports a 2 year project: Augmentation of NK cell-mediated anti-cancer activity by dietary BITC We have found that dietary benzyl-isothiocyanate (BITC) is able to augment host NK cell function. In this project, we will investigate the i