Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0220842

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0220842

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Attachment of Growth Factors to Pure, Plasma Modified and Coated Titanium Substrates. Titanium and its alloys are routinely used as medical and dental implants. Despite coating with hydroxyapatite, a material well known to improve implant fixation, many such implants fail because of lack of strong integration with bone. This proposal aims at achieving long-term stability of titanium implants through their surface modification and subsequent attachment of growth factors. The use of latter has already been shown to help bone-implant integration. Successful project implementation will provide titanium implant surfaces that will help achieve speedier and improved implant fixation with long-term stability. Knowledge, expertise and techniques developed will help the industry partner expanding its research base and business and generating wealth in Australia. Training of world-class research students in the emerging field of biotechnology will be another major outcome.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-2002

End Date: 04-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $67,635.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Biotechnology | Orthopaedics | Biomedical Engineering | Biomaterials |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Skeletal system and disorders (incl. arthritis) | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) | Surgical methods and procedures

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