Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

Amount

$742,500.00

Award Date

7/22/2009

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

Recent evidence implicates that the oxidative stress plays a role in the etiology of Age-Related Cataract, and suggests that aged lens cells are prone to this damage due to reduced expression of antioxidants. Because ocular lens is constantly exposed to e