Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$433,125.00

Award Date

5/07/2009

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

Clearance of many viral infections is critically dependent on the function of CD8 T cells in the immune system. Recent results have shown that CD8 T cells become functionally defective when CD4 T cell help is absent. This loss of functionality in CD8 T c