Primary Recipient

J.DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES, THE

Amount

$289,500.00

Award Date

9/30/2010

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

Obesity and related diseases, such as diabetes, occur when there is an overload of triglycerides in the fat and other tissues. This grant focuses on studying all aspects of the basic biology of the enzymes (called DGATS) that make triglycerides. Since D