Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$614,000.00

Award Date

9/09/2009

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

Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy 1 (DM1) causes a delay of development in newborn children. There is no cure for this devastating multisystemic, neuro-muscular disease. This project will address the molecular mechanisms delaying development of muscle in pati