Primary Recipient

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Amount

$147,500.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Medical research to determine whether low levels of caveolin-1 in their monocytes, fibrocytes, and fibroblasts play a critical role in the susceptibility of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and scleroderma patients to lung fibrosis.