DISCOVERY OF GENES THAT PROTECT AGAINST TAU-INDUCED NEUROPATHOLOGY

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1069173

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Dementia incurs $5 billion of direct health costs, affects 300,000 Australians and its incidence is increasing. New treatments are urgently needed. Dementia is associated with tau protein aggregates in the brain. Finding genes that prevent symptoms caused by tau aggregates will help develop new treatments, but identifying such genes has been very difficult and expensive. We will use our world-leading resource to revolutionize gene discovery and identify genes that can protect against dementia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $921,764.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

complex genetic disease | dementia | gene discovery | microtubule associated protein (MAP) | neurofibrillary tangles

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