Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M D ANDERSON

Amount

$423,036.00

Award Date

9/02/2009

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

Exposure of men to gonadotoxic cancer therapeutic agents can severely impair spermatogenesis. Many of the radiotherapeutic and chemotherapeutic regimens may result in complete killing of the stem spermatogonia without a chance for endogenous restoration o