Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0776293

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0776293

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Blood component interactions with polysaccharide biomaterials for vascular applications. Heart disease is the major killer of people in Australia and the Western world. It is due mainly to the blockage of vessels supplying the muscle of the heart with blood and nutrients, which can be replaced or by-passed but the supply of native vessels in the body is limited. Tissue engineering laboratories have been trying to develop blood vessels for this use for many years without significant success. This application plans to understand the molecular signals contained within the sugar sequences used in a commonly used biomaterial chitosan that may be used in the construction of synthetic vascular grafts. If we can understand how blood cells interact with this biomaterial, we may be able to develop a blood vessel in the laboratory.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $148,224.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biomaterials | Cellular Interactions (Incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Human pharmaceutical products | Cardiovascular system and diseases |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biomaterials | Cardiovascular system and diseases | Cellular Interactions (Incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall) | Human pharmaceutical products

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