Nanoparticle based neurotrophin delivery to promote directed neurite growth and auditory nerve rescue following deafness

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1005071

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The cochlear implant provides hearing information to the severe-profoundly deaf by electrically stimulating the auditory nerves of the inner ear. Deafness causes these auditory nerves to gradually degenerate leaving fewer nerves for the cochlear implant to stimulate. We propose to reverse this neural degeneration by delivering therapeutic drugs to the inner ear using tiny nanoparticles. This novel technology is expected to have application in other areas of neural degenerative disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $506,724.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Systems

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Other Keywords

cochlear implant | deafness | drug delivery | nerve damage | neurology

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