Primary Recipient

RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Amount

$49,993.00

Award Date

4/21/2010

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

Cell Therapy for the degenerating intervertebral discs--Our overall goal is to determine if cells overexpressing human bone morphogenetic protein 7 (hBMP-7) will help regenerate degenerating intervertebral discs (IVDs) in the rabbit disc degeneration mode