Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP100200782

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP100200782

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Use of an animal model to understand mechanisms underlying reductions in body weight associated with use of the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band. At least one in ten Australians is classified as morbidly obese and as such are eligible for bariatric surgery. Those undergoing the surgery will achieve an average excess weight loss of up to 60 per cent, they will have reduced or eliminated diabetes and will appreciably improve their prospects of survival. These experiments aimed at understanding the mechanisms underpinning this success have the potential to further improve surgical approaches and outcomes and provide insights that will better enable weight loss therapies for all overweight and obese Australians.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-2010

End Date: 12-2013

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $180,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Central Nervous System | Systems Physiology | Neurosciences | Peripheral Nervous System

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Diabetes | Surgical Methods and Procedures |

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