Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

Amount

$999,998.00

Award Date

9/14/2009

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

Vision loss caused by macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries. This disease involves loss of RPE, death of photoreceptors, and subretinal neovascularization. Similar pathological manifestations have been appre