$10M Awarded To Einstein For Diabetes Research

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University a five-year, $9.5 million grant for the continuation of its Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC). The DRTC was also awarded a $632,000 supplemental grant for equipment and additional pilot and feasibility studies through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), bringing total NIH support to $10,177,000...

"The ultimate goal of these studies is to develop new therapies for the prevention or treatment of diabetes," said Dr. Pessin. "For example, we recently mapped a signaling pathway that controls energy expenditure in mice. By blocking this pathway, we can increase energy expenditure and cause weight loss in these animals. We're now trying to develop drugs that can interfere with this pathway in humans. If we're successful, we'll take our findings to clinical trials."...