The Australian Motor Neuron Disease DNA Bank

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/402783

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

One Australian dies of Motor Neuron Disease (MND) every day. MND is likely to be due to a genetic susceptibility to an environmental agent such as a toxin or a virus. Recent advances in gene therapy have emphasised the urgent need to find the gene abnormalities in MND. We propose to set up an Australia-wide DNA Bank for MND to allow researchers to look for genetic abnormalities and environmental influences in this disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Enabling Grants

Funding Amount: $826,350.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Neurogenetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Envieonmental toxins | Gene-environment interaction | Genetic predisposition | Motor neuron disease | Neurodegeneration

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