Using trios to find the cause of motor neuron disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1032443

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The cause of motor neuron disease (ALS) remains unknown. Usually only one member of a family is affected by ALS. Why parents are unaffected by the disease is unexplained. This may be because a genetic abnormality is present in the ALS patient but not in the parents. We have therefore collected DNA from ALS patients with their normal parents to look for newly-arising genetic changes in ALS patients. These findings could enable future gene therapy for these patients.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $636,544.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | motor neuron disease (MND) | neurodegenerative disorders | neurological diseases | neurology

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