Nick Berbari, PhD of the Department of Biology, School of Science at IUPUI (IMAGE)

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Nick Berbari, PhD of the Department of Biology, School of Science at IUPUI

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Nick Berbari of the School of Science at IUPUI has received a $1.75 million grant for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to study the connection between obesity and tiny hairlike projections on brain cells called cilia. The knowledge Berbari and his research team acquire could potentially open new therapeutic approaches to obesity, which impacts the health and longevity of over 93 million Americans.

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