Primary Recipient

HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.

Amount

$760,219.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Mutation of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor gene (Rb1) causes the pediatric cancer retinoblastoma and contributes to most types of human cancer. Despite its central role in tumorigenesis, therapies designed to target this pathway have been slow to dev