Helminth secretomes: from vaccines to novel anti-inflammatory biologics

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1117504

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Billions of people in developing countries are infected with parasitic worms, but they have been eradicated from industrialised nations. Humans co-evolved with worms, so their recent removal has deprived us of signals required to keep inflammation in check. My research focuses on worm molecules that can be used to (1) develop vaccines to combat these parasitic infections in developing countries, and (2) as a novel platform of anti-inflammatory therapeutics for use in industrialised nations.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2021

Funding Scheme: Research Fellowships

Funding Amount: $938,910.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Parasitology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

helminth infection | hookworm infection | inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) | parasitic disease | vaccine development

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