Primary Recipient

BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA MASON

Amount

$441,361.00

Award Date

7/27/2010

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

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in the USA and may be present in up to 20% of the general population. A subset of patients with NAFLD has non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a more severe for of this disease a