Grant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
Primary Recipient
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Amount
$100,001.00
Award Date
3/12/2010
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
Human red blood cell (erythrocyte) diseases, including anemia and malaria, pose a huge burden for the human race. Our understanding of these diseases is rather limited. For example, while the genetic cause of sickle cell diseases (SCD) and the positive se