To search for genetic causes of renal disease in the Tiwi Island Aboriginal population

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1024207

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This project aims to continue work done on identifying the genetic basis to the kidney disease suffered by the Tiwi population from Bathurst and Melville Islands. It is based on the outcomes of the first genome-wide scan in an Aboriginal population. The scan yielded a genetic association to a locus that has led to a very plausible hypothesis. If this hypothesis is correct, and the goal of this project is designed to find this out, then public health measures should be able to halt the progression of this disease in the community.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $638,721.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genetics not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aboriginal health | chemistry | genetics | glomerulonephritis | toxins

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