Purpose
to study how the human gut is affected by pathogens that cause diarrhea by developing a three dimensional cell culture model (organoid) of the human intestine, which can also be used to identify novel drug targets and evaluate candidate drugs.
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
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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