Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Amount

$999,999.00

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

Heart failure commonly results from loss of heart muscle cells caused by infarction. Myocardial infarction takes millions of people's lives every year. Stem cells offer the possibility of cell replacement and cardiac repair. Current methods of studying