Primary Recipient

RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE

Amount

$105,520.00

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

The parasitic protozoan, Trypanosoma brucei, is the causative agent of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in domestic livestock. Sleeping sickness is invariably fatal if left untreated. Current drugs are ineffective and toxic, and drug resistance is o