Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1025581]Researchers: Prof Jonathan Baell (Principal investigator) , Prof Vicky Avery
Brief description Sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis, is present in 36 countries where there are 60 million people at risk of infection, with 50,000-70,000 new cases and 48,000 deaths per annum. Transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly, this disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, and without treatment, death is inevitable. We have discovered some compounds that weakly inhibit T.brucei and the aim of this project is to make them potent enough to become drug candidates.
Funding Amount $AUD 837,615.14
Funding Scheme Project Grants
Notes Standard Project Grant
- nhmrc : 1025581
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1025581
