Utilising transgenesis to investigate the role of insulin signaling in helminthic infections

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1016858

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Helminth parasites take an enormous toll on human health, especially in developing countries. Half a billion people suffer debilitating, sometimes fatal illness as a result of these infections. These facts are all the more disturbing when one considers the prospect of nematode parasites developing resistance to the small armamentarium of drugs available for treatment. This proposal will look to further understand the biology of these parasites in order to better comprehend what genes would make for practical drug or vaccine targets.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $316,336.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

drug discovery | helminth infection | infectious diseases | insulin signalling | parasitology | pathogenicity | transgenesis | vaccine candidate molecules

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