Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0348663

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0348663

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Development of carbohydrate-based drug delivery systems. Chronic skin disorders affect 5% of the population. Treatment is challenging and long term because these disorders are chronic and unpredictable. Currently the most potent therapies for psoriasis are administered systemically. Long term usage of these therapies causes side effects such as kidney or liver damage. This proposal describes a new approach to the topical treatment of psoriasis where potent drugs are linked to a hyaluronan scaffold molecule and are directly applied to the diseased tissue. Advantages of this approach include targeted drug delivery mediated by hyaluronan receptor processes and potential amelioration of the observed drug toxicities.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-03-2004

End Date: 30-06-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $240,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Therapies And Therapeutic Technology | Medical Biochemistry: Carbohydrates | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Biological And Medical Chemistry |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Human pharmaceutical products | Skin and related disorders | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

Other Keywords

Biological And Medical Chemistry | Human pharmaceutical products | Medical Biochemistry: Carbohydrates | Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry | Skin and related disorders | Therapies And Therapeutic Technology | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

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