Creating a vascularized human liver organoid to treat liver disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1125233

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Due to a shortage of donor livers many patients suffering liver failure die before a liver transplant can be arranged. This project will grow human liver tissue (termed a liver organoid) using a specilaized human liver support material in which human liver cells and their specific blood vessels are assembled in the laboratory. The liver organoid will be transplanted into animals with a liver disease similar to a known human liver disease to test if the organoid can cure the liver disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $696,968.00

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

biomaterials | liver failure | liver microcirculation | progenitor cells | tissue engineering

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