Grant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Primary Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Amount
$262,416.00
Award Date
1/25/2010
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
The so-called metabolic syndrome refers to a group of chronic diseases which appear to cluster in certain individuals. What appears to be central to these conditions is the existence of insulin resistance. Truncal adiposity, including fat stored in the in