Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$99,928.00

Award Date

12/14/2009

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

Obesity and associated diseases such as type II diabetes are increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world. These proposed experiments will investigate the cellular mechanisms contributing to the development of leptin resistance, a pathological sta