Primary Recipient

NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH

Amount

$283,204.00

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

The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a severe response to a broad range of infectious insults. We believe that the occurrence and severity of ARDS can be mediated by an impairment of the capacity of neutrophils to effectively respond to bacte