Grant: DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE
Primary Recipient
DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE
Amount
$815,000.00
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
Title: Mechanism of Retrocorneal Fibrous Membrane Description: During abnormal wound healing, corneal endothelium (the inner layer of the cornea) is transformed into fibroblasts which produce scar tissue (fibrosis) in the otherwise transparent cornea.