Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

Amount

$54,580.00

Award Date

12/22/2010

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

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a diffuse interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology characterized by chronic inflammation and progressive fibrosis and carries a 3-year, 50% mortality. Currently, there are no effective treatments for IPF as it respon