Inflammation is a common issue connecting virtually all diseases, from cancer to cardiovascular diseases to fibrosis, or the hardening of soft tissues in your body. This is something that universally affects so many people, making the impact of truly innovative and novel research in this area difficult to fully quantify. That is why Dr. Shaik O. Rahaman of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science within the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources was just awarded two separate grants totaling over $2 million in funding to support this work.
