Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0989000

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0989000

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Design and Fabrication of an Engineered Bone Graft System (EBGS) by combining a composite scaffold and growth factor delivery system. The lifetime risk for long bone fractures in Caucasians over the age of 50 is 17% for women and 6% for men. The prevalence of age-related fractures - and with it higher mortality rates due to complications following bone fractures - is therefore bound to increase over the coming decades. There is clearly a great need for therapies that take age-related changes into consideration, in particular the diminishing capacity of bone to heal with age. In an effort to address the therapeutic challenges of providing bone grafts, we aim to mesh two leading-edge technologies to design and fabricate an Engineered Bone Graft System (EBGS) system.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $330,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biomedical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Biomedical Engineering | Biomaterials | Biomechanical Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Skeletal system and disorders (incl. arthritis) | Surgical methods and procedures |

Other Keywords

Biomaterials | Biomechanical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Skeletal system and disorders (incl. arthritis) | Surgical methods and procedures

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