Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP180100520
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Immunisation to protect against transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils. This project aims to identify the immune escape mechanisms that the transmissible cancers, Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) use to avoid being killed by the immune system. Since the discovery of the second transmissible cancer (DFT2) mystery surrounds whether the devils immune system can respond to this cancer, hence this project will investigate the immune response to DFT2. The final aims are to develop a vaccine with the potential to protect healthy devils and cure devils with DFTD.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2018
End Date: 12-2021
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $303,931.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Zoology | Animal Immunology | Veterinary Immunology | Tumour Immunology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |
