Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Amount

$304,846.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

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 broad, long-term objective of the work proposed herein is to validate a novel strategy for anti-cancer therapy. A hallmark of cancerous cells is their ability to resist apoptosis and become immortal. This resistance is typically due to mutations in or