Primary Recipient

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER

Amount

$440,000.00

Award Date

5/29/2009

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 +?-hemoglobinopathies sickle cell disease and +?-thalassemia are among the most common, and most devastating, genetic diseases worldwide. In countries with developed health care systems, care for affected individuals is extremely expensive; in develop