Investigation of DUSP5 as a novel tumour suppressor gene in colon cancer

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1026555

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related death in Australia. Understanding the genetic causes of this disease are essential to developing new treatment strategies. The goal of this study is to understand the role of the DUSP5 gene in colon cancer. The findings of this study has the potential to further our understanding of how colon cancers arise and for identifying patients likely to respond to specific existing treatments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $578,268.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cancer Cell Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

colon cancer | colon cancer mechanisms | epigenetics | signalling pathways | therapy

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