Primary Recipient

ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE

Amount

$423,500.00

Award Date

5/15/2009

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 major goal of this proposal is to understand the molecular mechanism(s) of liver fibrosis by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. HCV infection often leads to chronic hepat