Grant: CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
Primary Recipient
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
Amount
$162,500.00
Award Date
5/04/2009
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
Degenerative disc disease and its associated chronic lower back pain is a major U.S. health problem with estimated costs of up to $50 billion yearly. Despite decades of research, a fundamental, multidisciplinary mechanistic understanding of disc degenerat