Gene Therapy And Bone Marrow Transplantation For Treatment Of Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$78,445.00
Summary
Bone marrow stem cells modified to express self antigen is proposed as a treatment for experimental autoimmune uveitis. A major goal of this research is to investigate the impact and possible mechanism of gene therapy on the development and progression of autoimmune disease in the eye to prevent or reduce the severity of disease.