Characterising protein and membrane changes in age-related cataract lenses.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/512334

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cataract is the major cause of blindness worldwide. At present the only treatment for cataract, is surgery. This, however, is associated with complications (e.g. posterior capsule opacification), is expensive (a major component of the Health budget) and cannot keep pace with the incidence of cataract in developing nations. In addition, due to the greying of the community , this problem will be of increasing importance in the future. For prevention, we need to understand why cataract develops.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $441,624.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Opthalmology And Vision Science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aging | Blindness | Blindness prevention | Diseases of aging | Lipid modification | Molecular basis for disease | Protein modification

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