Purpose
to test whether malaria protection seen in individuals with sickle cell anemia is caused by increased hemoglobin oxidation in sickle cells, and whether this can be transferred to healthy human blood cells to produce the same effect.
Grantee
Division
Global Health
Date
OCTOBER 2012
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
19
Grantee location
Heidelberg, Germany
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