Establishing STARS as a therapeutic target to reduce muscle wasting and improve muscle function

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1046501

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Muscle wasting occurs rapidly with disuse after injuries occurring at work, during sport, with chronic disease and in road accidents. It is also a consequence of ageing. Muscle wasting and reduced muscle function places considerable financial strain on our health care system. We aim to use gene therapy and pharmacological interventions to increase the levels of a protein called STARS. We hypothesize that STARS will reduce disuse-induced muscle wasting, increase recovery and improve function.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $446,189.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Physiology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

muscle function | muscle regeneration | muscle weakness | skeletal disease | skeletal muscle wasting

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