Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Amount

$403,880.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is characterized since its earliest stages by formation of deposits between the Bruch's membrane (BM) and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), termed drusen. In recent years, a role for inflammation in the pathogene