Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO

Amount

$994,917.00

Award Date

9/21/2009

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

In 2005, nearly 40% of the US population had diabetes or pre-diabetes. Diabetes is caused by insufficient insulin production by the pancreatic beta cell. In this grant, we propose to identify novel genes that are important for insulin production. We hope