Killing infected cells as a mechanism to eradicate tuberculosis

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1147010

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of TB, is rapidly becoming resistant to all antibiotics and this disease kills more than one million people each year. This underscores the urgent need to develop new treatments for this disease. We are developing a therapy that kills Mtb infected cells and may help to eradicate infection. This highly novel approach to the treatment of TB would have profound implications for the 2 billion people infected with this pathogen.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2021

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,085,770.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Bacteriology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

cell death | cell signalling | respiratory infection | therapy | tuberculosis

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