University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Purpose
to develop new drugs against the parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes severe childhood diarrhea in developing countries, by identifying human genes required for infection using a genetic screen with CRISPR-Cas9 gene knockout technology
Division
Global Health
Date
November 2016
Region Served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
30
Grantee location
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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