Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$415,153.00

Award Date

9/02/2009

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

More than 50% of male cancer patients subjected to cisplatin-based chemotherapy will suffer from long-term infertility. This is a significant concern because many of these patients are young men who survive their cancer and would hope to later reproduce.