Primary Recipient

CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$226,815.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Human health is dependent upon the stability of the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of each cell. Mitochondria generate energy through oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), but this process also produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) that damage the intr