Primary Recipient

WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIO-MEDICAL RESEARCH

Amount

$184,121.00

Award Date

1/29/2010

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

Amyloids are implicated in many deadly human diseases from systematic amyloidosis to Alzheimer's Disease. These diseases are responsible for large social and financial costs. Gaining a greater understanding of amyloid structures and the forces that govern