Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$902,153.00

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

Despite the major public health impact, the etiologies of refractive errors generally and myopia in particular are poorly understood. We are conducting an innovative approach to evaluate altered gene expression in eyes of chicks developing refractive erro