Primary Recipient

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$380,541.00

Award Date

5/15/2009

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

Myostatin (MSTN) is a secreted protein that normally acts to suppress muscle growth. Mice genetically engineered to lack MSTN activity have dramatic increases in muscle mass as a result of a combination of muscle fiber hypertrophy and increased fiber numb