Creating Stem Cell Niches to Repair the Nigrostriatal System

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/508960

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

It has been difficult to treat Parkinson's with stem cells because transplants make to few new cells and form tumors. In other organs, specialized locations called niches regulate the division and maturation of stem cells. By making a niche in the brains of animals with experimental parkinsonism we induced the brain to make new nerve cells and repair the parkinsonism. This is important because it shows how to use cell based therapies to treat neurodegenerative disorders. .

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2010

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $837,033.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical infection agents (incl. prions)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Neuronal Stem Cells | Neuronal proliferation | Parkinson's Disease | Stem Cell Niches | cell therapy | neurodegenerative and age-related diseases | neuronal differentiation | nigrostriatal system

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