Characterisation of Cumulus Cell Molecular Mediators of Oocyte Health

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1008137

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Many women are poorly fertile because of poor egg quality due to age, disease and lifestyle. IVF can assist, but requires large doses of hormone, which can lead to significant health risks. IVM is an alternative lab technique to IVF, but has very poor success. We discovered that synthetic proteins copied from recently discovered egg proteins can be added to the egg and substantially increase IVM success. Answering why will further will aid treatment for infertile women

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $451,896.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Reproduction

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

embryo viability | in vitro fertilisation (IVF) | in vitro maturation of oocytes | metabolism | oocyte maturation | reproductive medicine | signalling pathways

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