Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE

Amount

$99,999.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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 primary goal of the parental proposal is to develop novel dental nanocomposite materials using hydroxyapatite nanocrystals and elastin-based biopolymers containing motifs identified by natural and artificial evolutionary processes. Elastin is a biopol