Novel ways of treating angiogenesis in the eye

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1113654

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Abnormal growth of blood vessels is a central feature of number of blinding conditions of the eye. Although there are treatments available that reduce the sudden loos of vision in a majority of people with advanced age related macular degeneration, about 20% fail to respond and half gradually loose vision. This project will determine the effectiveness of treating vascular diseases of the retina with a novel therapy that is quite different to that currently available.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Development Grants

Funding Amount: $366,300.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Ophthalmology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

angiogenesis | chemokines | fibrosis | glial cells | macular degeneration

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