Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$325,079.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

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

Genetic disorders can often provide key insights into normal physiological processes. In this project, we are studying the premature aging disorder Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS). Gaining an understanding of HGPS is important in its own right