Nursing professor wins $6.575 million in grants to tackle musculoskeletal disease

(University of Texas at Arlington) Marco Brotto -- the George W. and Hazel M. Jay Professor in the college, and an internationally renowned scientist and an expert in bone, muscle physiology and sarcopenia -- recently obtained renewal for two grants, and funding for three new grants from the National Institutes of Health. These awards will further his work in tackling sarcopenia and osteoporosis, and support his new work on diabetic skeletal muscle disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news