Novel therapeutic interventions for the orthopaedic complications of Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1003478

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Children with the genetic disease NF1 can develop fractures that fail to unite and this can lead to amputation. We have advanced models of NF1-deficient bone cells and fracture healing that we will use to test new pharmaceutical treatments for NF1.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $628,422.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Orthopaedics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cell culture | fracture repair | genetic disorders | mouse models | orthopaedic surgery | pharmacological intervention

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