Primary Recipient

TEXAS AGRILIFE RESEARCH

Amount

$73,250.00

Award Date

8/25/2010

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

Fifteen percent of babies born with a weight less than 1500 g die before being discharged from the hospital and 2 to 5% die within two years from complications. Those infants who survive two years are frequently disabled and prone to a lifetime of multipl