Primary Recipient

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

Amount

$582,661.00

Award Date

9/20/2009

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

Project Narrative. A reduced ability of the pancreatic hormone insulin to trigger tissue uptake of blood sugar is an early event in the course of development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Relatively poor fat combustion by fasting muscle is often cor