GENETICIST BOYER TO SEEK OBESITY LINK IN ALASKA NATIVES
September 18, 2007
September 18, 2007
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 18 -- The University of Alaska issued the following news release:
A geneticist with the Center for Alaska Native Health Research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how polyunsaturated fatty acids and physical activity may modify genetic risk factors thought to play a role in the development of obesity.
Bert Boyer, CANHR's co-director and UAF associate pr . . .
A geneticist with the Center for Alaska Native Health Research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how polyunsaturated fatty acids and physical activity may modify genetic risk factors thought to play a role in the development of obesity.
Bert Boyer, CANHR's co-director and UAF associate pr . . .