Primary Recipient

STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

Amount

$238,500.00

Award Date

9/17/2009

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

A prominent cause of deafness is loss of hair cells due to age, noise or antibiotic treatments. In contrast to mammalian hair cells, fish, bird and amphibian hair cells are constantly turning over and regenerating following hair cell death. The aim is to