Rationale for non-invasive treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity: Dark Rearing as a means of mimicking physiological vascularisation

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1005730

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

We aim to develop a new, non-invasive and cost-effective treatment for the disease Retinopathy of Prematurity, the leading cause of childhood blindness across the globe. We intend to test our hypothesis that raising neonates in conditions of total darkness and high oxygen will closely mimic conditions for inducing normal retinal vascular development, and thus prevent the initiating event of the disease. Ultimately, the project intends to lay the groundwork for a translation to the human condition.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $413,900.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Systems

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

angiogenesis | angiogenic-dependent diseases | blindness | hypoxia | neonatology | ophthalmology | premature infant | retinopathy of prematurity | vascular biology | very low birth weight infant

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