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Investigating the origin of obesity-induced dyslipidaemia [ 2009 - 2011 ]

Also known as: Understanding how obesity and abnormal lipids are linked

Funded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Managed by The University of Melbourne
Managed by University of Melbourne
Provided by   National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Grant

[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/566960]

Researchers: Prof Joseph Proietto (Principal investigator)

Brief description This project will investigate a possible mechanism to explain why it is that obese and diabetic individuals often have a typical type of abnormal fats in the blood particularly elevated triglycerides. If this theory is confirmed it may lead to new targets for improving abnormal lipids in these conditions.

Funding Amount $AUD 332,798.39

Funding Scheme NHMRC Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | Cardiovascular diseases | Dyslipidaemia | Insulin resistance | Metabolic syndrome | Nutrition | Nutrition and Dietetics | Nutritional Science | Obesity | cardiovascular risk | diabetes (type 2) | signalling pathways |
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