Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Amount

$637,025.00

Award Date

5/05/2009

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

Epigenetic dysregulation and genetic mutations both contribute to cancer development. While genetic mutations such as gain-of-function mutations in oncogenes and loss-of-function mutations in tumor suppressors have been extensively studied, the mechanisms