Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

Amount

$99,999.00

Award Date

12/08/2009

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

Helicobacter pylori infections are associated with the majority of gastric cancers, which are the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The most carcinogenic strains of H. pylori strains are ones whose genomes encode a type IV secretion system