Development of antimicrobial peptides targeting oral pathogenic bacteria

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1008106

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The bacterial associated oral diseases; periodontitis and caries are major public health problems. The prevalence of these diseases and increasing bacterial antibiotic resistance has meant there is a need to develop new therapies. This project addresses this by modifying a novel class of antibiotics/antiseptics �antimicrobial peptides� to target oral bacteria and testing them using a newly developed screening method. This project will lead to new therapies for periodontitis and caries.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $663,350.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Dentistry not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

There are no SEO codes available for this funding activity

Other Keywords

antimicrobial therapy | bacterial infection | caries | dental caries | dental health | peptide synthesis | periodontal disease

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