THE GENETICS OF GLAUCOMA

Funding Activity

Website
http://grants.uberresearch.com/501100000925/http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/128202/THE-GENETICS-OF-GLAUCOMA

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world affecting approximately 70 million people. Glaucoma can occur at any age but the commonest type occurs in middle to old age. The disease has a genetic basis and can be inherited. As a result we have been studying the genetics of the disease in two large families from Tasmania. We hope to identify the genes involved in disease causation using a number of genetic techniques. Once mutations in a disease gene have been identified from affected individuals we will then be in a position to look for mutations in other family members and identify those individuals at risk of developing disease. Improvements in our understanding of how these genes are involved in disease causation will allow us to offer diagnostic testing to the wider community and develop better therapeutic interventions for treatment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2000

End Date: 01-01-2002

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $382,461.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genetics Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Glaucoma | Human | Linkage | aging | diagnostic | eye | gene | inherited | mapping | vision

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