Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0877887

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0877887

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

To gain insight into the molecular mechanisms involved in antibiotic resistance shown by Gram-negative bacteria. Bacterial infections can strike anyone and usually the body's immune system, which is designed to fight infection, defeats the invading bacteria. Sometimes however, the burden of infection proves too great, so these infections can prove fatal. For 50 years, we have relied on antibiotics to successfully treat the majority of common bacterial infections. As a result, emphasis must be placed on the disquieting reality whilst enjoy the use of antibiotics, an inescapable cost is the development of bacterial resistance. The increasing prevalence of bacterial tolerance against beta-lactams is a problem and as a result is a most pressing health issue.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 08-06-2008

End Date: 30-06-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $265,944.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Enzymes | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Biological And Medical Chemistry |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

Other Keywords

Biological And Medical Chemistry | Enzymes | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

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