Primary Recipient

THE VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Amount

$697,500.00

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

The imbalance in glucose homeostasis in diabetic patients is caused by loss or dysfunction of insulin secreting pancreatic islet ? cells. A concerted effort is being made to understand the molecular programs underlying ? cell formation and function to pr