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UAMS Researchers Get $1.8M Grant

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A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences research scientists have received a $1.8 million, five-year grant by the National Institute on Aging to investigate common pathways that contribute to the aging of various tissues.

Robert Shmookler Reis, a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics, and Srinivas Ayyadevara, an associate professor in same department, are the co-principal investigators leading the study.

Co-investigators are Steve Barger, Ph.D., professor in the Departments of Geriatrics and Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, and Alan Tackett, professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.

The goal of the research is to identify what different neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer’s disease, have in common with other age-progressive diseases and conditions such as heart disease, muscle wasting, kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.

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