Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$201,318.00

Award Date

4/29/2009

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 and orofacial defects are common congenital malformations in humans. Craniofacial birth defects strike an average of 1 in 750 newborns and they are for the most part multifactorial in their pathogenesis, having both genetic and environmental c