Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$431,354.00

Award Date

9/28/2009

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

Inhibition of androgen synthesis is the current treatment of human diseases like prostate cancer and polycystic ovary syndrome. This approach is suboptimal. By defining how the enzyme responsible synthesizes these androgens, we hope to establish new appro