Primary Recipient

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$240,000.00

Award Date

8/27/2010

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

The matrix metallo proteases (MMPs) are a large family of enzymes that have been found to regulate the pathogenesis of a wide rage of human diseases, most notably cancer. Their potential role in matrix degradation during tumor growth originally made them