Primary Recipient

MAYO CLINIC

Amount

$415,525.00

Award Date

8/04/2009

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

Corneal endothelial cell dysfunction causes decreased vision and can only be treated by corneal transplantation to replace human corneal endothelial cells (HCECs), which do not proliferate in vivo. Over 15,000 corneal transplants are performed every year