Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

Amount

$420,750.00

Award Date

8/11/2009

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

Self-renewing epithelial tissues in skin, cornea, intestine and prostate have been shown to contain stem cells that provide the tissues regenerative potential. Surprisingly, no such stem cell has yet been definitively identified in the bladder. The goal o