Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

Amount

$62,000.00

Award Date

12/30/2009

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

Fatty acid metabolism plays important roles in glucose homeostasis, glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and lipotoxicity in islet beta-cells. Defect in fatty acid desaturation leads to beta-cell loss and also lipoatrophy in our diabetes mouse model. This