Primary Recipient

EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL

Amount

$105,523.00

Award Date

9/02/2009

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 Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus type 1 causes Adult T-Cell Leukemia and HTLV-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis. It is believed that transformation of the infected T-cell by the viral protein Tax results in disease. The process by which Ta