Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE

Amount

$2,272,500.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

Regenerative medicine largely relies on cell-based therapy for treatment of degenerative diseases such as diabetes, heart failure, and Parkinson's disease. Embryonic stem cells and recently established induced pluripotent stem cells will be able to contri