Understanding the key attributes of CD8 T cell receptor transfer as an antiviral strategy and harnessing the process to combat persistent viral infections

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1007980

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

We have recently discovered a new process through which the numbers of antiviral immune cells can rapidly expand, without dividing, to combat a virus infection that may otherwise be fatal. This represents a significant advance in our knowledge on how a speedy, virus-specific response can be mounted. We will study how this process can be applied to therapeutic strategies to overcome medically significant persistent viral infections.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $612,885.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Immunology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

antiviral immunity | cell-mediated immunity | cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) | immunological intervention | infectious diseases | viral infection | viral persistence

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