Primary Recipient

EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Amount

$431,807.00

Award Date

4/26/2010

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

Cancer cells have a high level of genetic instability. Naturally occurring 'fragile sites' on human chromosomes are correlated with genetic instability in cancer cells, but it is not well understood how and why these fragile sites generate instability.