American Diabetes Association contributes $300,000 to diabetes, obesity research at UTMB

MARCH 28, 2006--Dr. Mandeep Bajaj, a UTMB associate professor of endocrinology and director of UTMB’s Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Diabetes Center, is the recipient of the ADA clinical research award. Bajaj will use the ADA funding to investigate adiponectin--a protein produced by fat cells that improves insulin action in muscles--and how its production is diminished in obese people and those with type 2 diabetes. This variation of diabetes is an incurable but treatable condition that prevents the body from properly using insulin, the hormone needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy. Read more...