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Non-tech. summaries 2014: projects on metabolism disorders

Projects granted during 2014 that have a primary purpose of translational and applied research: human endocrine or metabolism disorders.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 14 April 2016

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Non-technical summaries: projects granted in 2014, volume 6

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This document outlines the projects granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during 2014 with a primary purpose of translational and applied research: human endocrine or metabolism disorders.

The following projects were granted:

• treatment of metabolic disorders (obesity, diabetes, nephropathy, neuropathy, retinopathy)
• optimising islet transplantation in type I diabetes (diabetes, islets, beta cells)
• biomarkers of drug dependence and behavioural endophenotypes (addiction, neurobiology, neuroimaging, vulnerability)
• molecular mechanisms of CFTR channel gating (CFTR, ion channel, protein conformation)
• the role of the microbiome in nutrition and metabolic diseases (bacteria, nutrients, obesity, diabetes, liver)

Published 14 April 2016