Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$976,217.00

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

Title: Production of new animal models to determine how CTLA-4 contributes to T1D susceptibility The genetic basis of T1D has been intensely investigated. More than 20 and 5 T1D-susceptibility genes have been mapped in rodents and humans respectively, wit