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Project Number: | IK6BX005232-01 |
| Title: | BLR&D Research Career Scientist Award Application |
| Principal Investigator: | Melanie T. Cushion |
| Location: | Cincinnati, OH |
| Congressional District Code: | 1 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | April 2020 - March 2027 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $168,862 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,169,344 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Pneumocystis spp. are obligate fungal pathogens that cause a fatal pneumonia (PCP) in immunocompromised hosts. Few drugs are effective against PCP and there have been no new therapies for its treatment in decades. Typically, PCP has been associated with patients infected with HIV, however, the fulminate pneumonia, PCP, and colonization with Pneumocystis jirovecii (the species infecting humans) are emerging clinical problems in newly susceptible populations in the general and veterans’ population... |