Development and Characterization of Gallbladder Epithelial Cells

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1023060

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Death of insulin-producing cells is a common feature of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, affecting over a million Australians. Although transplantation of cadaveric human islets offers cure, lack of donor islets is a major limitations. An alternative is to find other sources of insulin-producing cells. We are the first to demonstrate that insulin-producing cells are naturally found in human gallbladder. This research proposal will involve detailed characterization of human gallbladder-derived insulin-producing cells.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $729,227.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cell Metabolism

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

adult stem cells | cholecystectomy | development | diabetes | epithelial cells | functional genomics | gallbladder | insulin

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