Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1011274]Researchers: A/Pr Zane Andrews (Principal investigator) , A/Pr Sarah Spencer
Brief description Diet-induced obesity is the foremost health concern in today�s society and causes many metabolic problems that lead to type diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This grant identifies ghrelin resistance, as a novel metabolic adaptation during obesity. Ghrelin is a hormone that normally stimulates food intake and body weight gain, however during obesity ghrelin does not stimulate food intake. Artificial induction of ghrelin resistance will restrict the development of diet _induced obesity.
Funding Amount $AUD 411,735.14
Funding Scheme NHMRC Project Grants
Notes Standard Project Grant
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1011274
- nhmrc : 1011274