Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

Amount

$719,514.00

Award Date

9/29/2009

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

The goal of this research is to understand the mechanistic relationship between dietary lipid absorption and overall metabolism. The drug ezetimibe lowers plasma cholesterol by blocking its absorption in the intestine, apparently by disrupting the pathway