Primary Recipient

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

Amount

$574,970.80

Award Date

8/30/2010

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

Our preliminary results show that exposure of epithelial cells to tungsten carbide cobalt (WC-Co) nanoparticles produced high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). WC-Co nanoparticles induced AKT and ERK1/2 activation, and increased the transcriptional

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY	Primary recipient	$449,985.80
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION	Sub-recipient	$124,985.00