Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS

Amount

$982,032.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

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

Autosomal recessive cystic kidney diseases are rare genetic disorders that produce kidney failure in children. No specific treatment currently exists. This proposal will test the feasibility of treating these disorders using a new technology, microRNA-bas