Venoms to drugs: translating venom peptides into therapeutics

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1044414

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Chronic pain is a major global health problem that currently affects over three million Australians. There are few drugs available for treating chronic pain and many have significant side-effects. Several ion channels are critical for conducting pain signals to the brain. Blocking these channels can provide pain relief and, in some cases, protection from brain injury following stroke. We are producing potent and selective blockers of these ion channels for the treatment of chronic pain and stroke.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Research Fellowships

Funding Amount: $751,854.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Proteins and Peptides

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

channelopathy | drug development | ion channels | nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) | pain | peptides | protein structure | sodium channel | stroke | venom

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