Primary Recipient

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$656,560.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

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

Kaposi's sarcoma, the most prevalent malignancy in AIDS patients, is characterized by proliferating spindle cells of endothelial cell (EC) origin, infiltration by inflammatory cells and the presence of the KS herpesvirus (KSHV) in lesions. The ultimate go