Primary Recipient

CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

Amount

$1,005,496.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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 long-term objective of our research is to characterize the molecular and genetic role of GCM2 in controlling parathyroid gland development during embryogenesis and parathyroid cell maintenance after birth. Studies in mice have shown that parathyroid f