Gene Therapy and Bone Marrow transplantation for treatment of experimental autoimmune uveitis

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1039575

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Bone marrow stem cells modified to express self antigen is proposed as a treatment for experimental autoimmune uveitis. A major goal of this research is to investigate the impact and possible mechanism of gene therapy on the development and progression of autoimmune disease in the eye to prevent or reduce the severity of disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $78,445.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Vision Science

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Other Keywords

bone marrow transplantation | confocal scanning laser microscopy | gene therapy | retinal immunocytochemistry | uveitis

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