Cell therapy for the prevention and treatment of invasive filamentous fungal infections in patients with haematological malignancies

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1029467

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Common fungi in the environment do not cause disease in healthy individuals. They are however responsible for fatal infections leading to death when the immune system is impaired following treatment for blood cancers. This project aims to restore defects in the immune system of these patients by giving them cells that have been grown to recognize and kill fungus.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $987,873.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Haematological Tumours

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

T cell immunotherapy | cell therapy | fungal infection | infectious diseases | leukaemia | medical mycology | stem cell transplantation

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