{"id":202819,"date":"2024-12-30T20:23:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T02:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/icahn-school-of-medicine-at-mount-sinai-awarded-21-million-nih-grant-to-advance-understanding-of-aging-related-hormone"},"modified":"2024-12-30T20:23:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T02:23:55","slug":"icahn-school-of-medicine-at-mount-sinai-awarded-21-million-nih-grant-to-advance-understanding-of-aging-related-hormone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/icahn-school-of-medicine-at-mount-sinai-awarded-21-million-nih-grant-to-advance-understanding-of-aging-related-hormone","title":{"rendered":"Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Awarded $21 Million NIH Grant to Advance Understanding of Aging-Related Hormone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/luFyP7tIorI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $21 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to further advance understanding of an aging-related hormone known as follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), including its potential role in obesity, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer\u2019s disease. The work could lead to the development of new treatments for these and other conditions involving aging.<\/p>\n<p>This is a collaborative effort with the NIA, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.mountsinai.org\/mone-zaidi\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys.\"> Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD,<\/a> Director of the Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology at Icahn Mount Sinai, and Clifford J. Rosen, MD, at the MaineHealth Institute for Research in Scarborough, Maine. Dr. Zaidi and Dr. Rosen are Program Directors, and principal investigators of individual projects are Anne Schafer, MD, at the University of California in San Francisco, as well as scientists at Icahn Mount Sinai, including Tony Yuen, PhD, Associate Professor and Research Director of the Center for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, and Daria Lizneva, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacological Sciences. Together, the investigators will work toward translating their findings into viable treatments for patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted that the NIH has recognized the potential of our work by awarding this generous grant,\u201d says Dr. Zaidi, the Mount Sinai Professor of Clinical Medicine at Icahn Mount Sinai. \u201cOur focus for more than 25 years has been on identifying actionable targets for major public health diseases. This research offers the potential for a new drug for menopause and could also possibly help advance treatments for Alzheimer\u2019s disease, obesity, and osteoporosis, affecting millions of people worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $21 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to further advance understanding of an aging-related hormone known as follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), including its potential role in obesity, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer\u2019s disease. 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