Primary Recipient

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Amount

$218,250.00

Award Date

8/11/2009

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

Neural tube defects (such as anencephaly and Spina bifida) result from the embryonic failure of the neural tube to close followed by the outward expansion of the neural tissue. It is estimated that neural tube defects occur in 1 in 1,000 births in humans