Germ Cell Development in the Postnatal Testis: the Key to Early Surgery to Prevent Infertility and Malignancy in Cryptorchidism

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1049014

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The germ cells have been studied very extensively before birth or after puberty, but little is known about what happens shortly after birth. In children with undescended testes, early germ cell development is deranged, and this may be the key to find the right time for surgery to prevent subsequent infertility and risk of cancer. This project proposes some novel hypotheses to explain this and the studies aim to obtain the evidence to support surgery in the first 3-6 months of life..

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $725,326.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Surgery

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cancer prevention | cryptorchidism | fertility | surgery | testis | testis development

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