Mechanisms of intestinal and systemic iron homeostasis in early infancy

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1069854

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Iron is essential trace element for normal health. Iron requirements are particularly high during early postnatal life to meet the needs of the growing infant. To accommodate these needs, intestinal iron absorption is extremely high at this time. We have previously shown that the iron absorption mechanism during suckling differs from that in adults and this project explores that mechanism in more detail. These studies have important implications for infant nutrition and dietary supplementation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $485,835.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

iron absorption | iron deficiency | iron metabolism | iron transport | neonatal | nutrition | nutrition supplementation

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