Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

Amount

$171,006.00

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

CFTR Delivery to Ciliated Airway Cells by PIV Vectors-ARRA Our goal is to develop a gene therapy for cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. Patients with CF lack a correct copy of a single gene called CFTR. CFTR is normally expressed the ciliated epithelial