Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0776744
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Identifying genes that influence clinical course and susceptibility in multiple sclerosis. This project aims to identify the genetic basis of multiple sclerosis (MS), the most common neurologic disease in young Australian adults. MS urgently needs research to identify predisposition, aid early diagnosis and provide bona fide molecular targets for new therapies. This will benefit people with MS and those susceptible to it. Crucial new knowledge identified will benefit other major areas of MS research including epidemiology, immunology and neurobiology. Collaboration of 8 major Australian institutions is also important for this project and future studies. The team will have access to a new national MS GeneBank (platform) with samples from 2240 patients that should generate findings important to world-wide MS genetic knowledge.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2008
End Date: 03-2011
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $400,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Central Nervous System | Neurogenetics | Neurology And Neuromuscular Diseases | Neurosciences
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Disease distribution and transmission | Nervous system and disorders |
