Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Amount

$262,416.00

Award Date

1/25/2010

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 so-called metabolic syndrome refers to a group of chronic diseases which appear to cluster in certain individuals. What appears to be central to these conditions is the existence of insulin resistance. Truncal adiposity, including fat stored in the in