Plasmin is a complex enzyme that performs major roles in removal of blood clots, wound healing and in tumor metastasis. Here we will understand how plasmin function is regulated at the molecular level. These key insights will be of future use in the development of therapeutics targeting the plasmin system in cancer and clotting diseases.
Inhibitors Of Hypoxanthine-guanine-xanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase As Versatile Drugs To Treat Infectious Diseases
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$766,163.00
Summary
Due to the increase in resistance to many of the frontline drugs to treat bacterial and parasitic infections, there is an urgent need to develop new pipelines for drug discovery against the pathogens that are causative agents of this diseases. This project pioneers the blocking of nucleotide synthesis to develop new drug leads to treat malaria, human tuberculosis, African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and uropathogenic E.coli infections.
Targeting Acetohydroxyacid Synthase To Discover New Antifungal Agents.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$481,135.00
Summary
Invasive fungal infections are increasingly being recognized as a major life threatening risk to hospitalized patients. The efficacy of the current medications is sub-optimal due to the emergence of resistance and the high dosage regimes that are required to treat these infections. We propose to develop a new class of antifungal agent that target an enzyme, acetohydroxyacid synthase, whose activity is required for the survival of pathogenic fungi in mammals.