Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$145,110.00

Award Date

4/06/2010

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

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreatic islets that afflicts millions of people worldwide. Although the etiological factors that trigger the disease vary, the common pathological outcome of T1D is the destruction of insulin prod