Primary Recipient

OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION

Amount

$98,338.00

Award Date

5/28/2010

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 p66 gene has emerged as a genetic determinant of longevity, that controls mitochondrial metabolism and cellular responses to oxidative stress aging and apoptosis. The major hypothesis to be tested here is kidneys from p66-/- Akita mice will be resista