Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

Amount

$386,250.00

Award Date

7/30/2010

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

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease in the United States. Epidemiologic studies suggest that fat accumulation per se in the liver is not harmful, but steatosis in combination with another abnormality suc