Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$148,432.00

Award Date

12/25/2009

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 essential contribution of the secreted Hedgehog signaling molecules to embryonic development and tissue homeostasis in post-embryonic animals is well established. Frequently misactivation of the Hh signal transduction pathway results in cancer. The