Primary Recipient

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$403,977.00

Award Date

7/31/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Increased flux of free fatty acids (FFA) from adipose tissue to non-adipose tissues contributes to and augments many metabolic derangements that are characteristic of the metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, including insulin resistance. Evidence indic