Primary Recipient

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$517,920.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

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

RNA aptamers have been generated against a variety of proteins including a few cell surface receptors. In general such aptamer act as potent inhibitors of their target proteins both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, a few of these antagonistic aptamers have