Primary Recipient

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Amount

$38,766.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

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

Diabetes mellitus is a growing problem worldwide. In the US it affects over 18 million people and results in annual health care costs exceeding $130 billion. Insulin therapy of Type 1 diabetes, and in advanced cases of Type 2 diabetes, does not prevent se