Pig-to-human kidney transplantation

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1046152

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Kidney failure contributes to 11% of all deaths in Australia and is projected to affect as many as 30,000 Australians by 2020, at a cumulative cost of $12 billion. Kidney transplantation is a far more effective treatment for this condition than dialysis, but there will always be a shortfall of human donors. Using pigs as donors offers a potential solution. The aim of this project is to genetically modify donor pigs so that their kidneys will not be rejected by human recipients.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,086,238.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Biotechnology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

genetic engineering | kidney transplantation | pre-clinical studies | transgenic animals | xenotransplantation

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