Developing Clinical Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1006368

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This fellowship will provide me the opportunity to advance islet transplantation as a curative treatment for people with type 1 diabetes. The ultimate goal is to use cell-based therapy to achieve insulin independence for all people with type 1 diabetes. It aims to do this by developing a collaborative network between scientists and clinicians to advance human islet transplantation as a treatment for type 1 diabetes and to develop genetically engineered pig cells as a novel source of insulin producing cells

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Practitioner Fellowships

Funding Amount: $387,337.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Transplantation Immunology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

diabetes | hypoglycaemia | islet transplantation | islet xenotransplantation | transplantation biology

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