Gene Discovery in Large Multiplex Families with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1044175

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood with lifelong impact. ASD are characterised by deficits in communication, language development and restricted behaviours or interests. ASD have a genetic basis likely due to multiple genes but the cause is not known in more than 75% of cases. This project will discover genes associated with ASD by studying large families in which several children have ASD and identify new targets for treatment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $879,279.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

autism | autism spectrum disorders | cell biology | family studies | gene discovery | genetics | molecular genetics | mutation analysis | paediatric | protein function

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