FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Aug. 12 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:
The National Institutes of Health awarded the Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center, or AIMRC, $11.2 million in Phase 2 funding. The funding rewards the successful completion of Phase 1 and is a strong validation of work done over the first five years of the center's existenceat the U of A.
TheAIMRCwas created to deepen understanding of the role of cell and tissue metabolism in disease, humandevelopmentand repair processes. Understanding the mechanisms of metabolism could have implications for arresting the spread of cancer, slowing muscular degeneration fromagingor hastening wound healing. Clarifying metabolism's role in different diseas...