Purpose
to develop a new class of drugs for acute diarrhea, which is the second leading cause of death, by establishing a cell culture model mimicking the human intestine to study NaCl absorption, which is blocked in almost all diarrheal diseases.
Grantee
Division
Global Health
Date
APRIL 2014
Region served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
25
Grantee location
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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