Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0990949

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0990949

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Investigating the Ability of Honey to Inhibit Bacterial Biofilms Found in Chronic Wounds. Chronic (non-healing) wounds are a serious health problem in Australia. One quarter of our institutionalized aged population have pressure ulcers. The difficulty in treating these wounds is that most contain communities of bacteria, called biofilms, that are not killed by conventional antibiotics. Special honeys from Australia and NZ that are effective in chronic wound treatment can eradicate these biofilms. This project will identify the components in honey that do this and determine how they do it, to provide a more effective chronic wound treatment. It will decrease the prevalence of these wounds in Australia and the associated personal trauma and health costs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-07-2010

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $315,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Genetics | Bacteriology | Microbiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Infectious diseases | Preventive medicine | Higher education |

Other Keywords

Bacteriology | Higher education | Infectious diseases | Microbial Genetics | Microbiology | Preventive medicine

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