Primary Recipient

SANFORD RESEARCH / USD

Amount

$451,880.00

Award Date

9/30/2009

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

The juvenile onset form of Batten disease (Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, JNCL), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder, results from mutations in the CLN3 gene. No specific treatment is currently available that could halt or slow the progression of