Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0775547

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0775547

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Australian Marine Biodiversity As A Source Of New Drugs To Control Neurodegenerative Disease. With the aging of Australia's population the impact of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's is rapidly on the rise. There is an urgent need to develop new and better drugs to treat the symptoms and underlying cause of these debilitating diseases. Historically, the majority of the world's pharmaceuticals have been drawn from biodiversity (ie plants, microbes and animals). As one of the few megabiodiverse nations, Australia is ideally positioned to accelerate and focus the search for drugs from nature. This project will explore an exceptionally promising pool of Australian biodiversity, its marine ecosystems, as a source of inspiration for the development of new drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 08-08-2007

End Date: 30-09-2010

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $395,354.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Organic Chemistry | Biological And Medical Chemistry | Organic Chemistry Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) |

Other Keywords

Biological And Medical Chemistry | Organic Chemistry | Organic Chemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

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