Primary Recipient

BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA MASON

Amount

$54,000.00

Award Date

7/28/2009

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

Serum ferritin is the accepted laboratory marker for body iron stores and is also an acute phase reactant known to be elevated in inflammation. Elevated serum ferritin levels have been associated with the presence of diabetes, metabolic syndrome and nonal