Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$381,140.00

Award Date

6/05/2009

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

Many types of cancer exist in the body in environments that are highly acidic (low pH) compared with normal healthy tissue. This increase is acidity is believed to contribute to cancer progression and its resistance to therapy. For these reasons, we hyp