Primary Recipient

EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL

Amount

$30,082.00

Award Date

1/28/2011

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

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The RAS signaling pathway controls cell growth, survival and death in all multicellular organisms. Deregulation of RAS proto-oncogenes is found in approximately 30% of human cancer. Thus an important goal in cancer bio