Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Amount

$150,000.00

Award Date

4/30/2009

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

Abnormal physiological states in the erythrocytes or in the ambient plasma affect the ability of red blood cells (RBCs) to deform and thus to pass through the networks of microvessels. This lowers the amount of oxygen delivered to the body's tissues with