The physiology of Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Humans

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1011531

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Brown fat, unlike ordinary fat generates heat by burning calories to maintain body temperature. Originally thought to disappear after birth, recent research including our own have shown that brown fat exists in adult humans in varying amounts. Our aim is to find ways of turning on people�s brown fat allowing them to lose weight by burning more calories.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $620,026.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cardiovascular disease prevention | diabetes mellitus | diabetes prevention | energy expenditure | energy metabolism | fat metabolism | metabolism | obesity

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