Identifying new therapeutic targets for preventing the induction and progression of COPD

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1003593

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Smoking leads to lung inflammation that causes emphysema, which is a major health problem in Australia. Once induced there is a progressive decline in health, which continues even after stopping smoking. There are no treatments that halt this decline. Recently small genes have been discovered that control inflammation. We may be able to control these small genes and stop the induction and progression of emphysema. This project may lead to a completely new way of preventing and treating emphysema.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $649,314.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Respiratory Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | emphysema | inflammatory diseases | respiratory diseases | therapeutic target

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