Primary Recipient

FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, THE

Amount

$641,546.00

Award Date

6/01/2009

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

B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the most common leukemia in the US, is an incurable disease of unknown etiology affecting middle-aged and older individuals. Patients with CLL have variable clinical courses: some live for decades without therap