The control and regulatory mechanisms of artemisinin induced dormancy in P. falciparum

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1021273

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Malaria is a major global health problem and can only be reliably treated with artemisinin combinations in many areas due to widespread of drug resistance. However a proportion of parasites appear to be able to avoid the lethal effects of the drug by becoming “dormant” following exposure. They resume growth after the drug is wanned, a feature which is reminisent to cell cycle arrest. This study investigates the role of cell cycle machinery in dormancy following arteminsinin treatment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $495,552.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Parasitology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cell cycle control | drug effects | malaria | malaria drug resistance | malaria therapy

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