Primary Recipient

GEORGIA HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

Amount

$282,897.00

Award Date

8/27/2009

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

The stress response is an evolutionary conserved cellular response mechanism characterized by the enhanced synthesis and accumulation of heat shock proteins (Hsps). These proteins act as molecular chaperones and prevent aggregation of misfolded proteins;