Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$146,438.00

Award Date

5/08/2009

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

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a deadly disease without a clearly-defined etiology. Because the incidence increases with age, it is plausible that environmental effects may be important. Recent data indicate re-expression of developmental gene sig