Towards a Functional cure for HBV: exploiting lessons from HBV-HIV co-infection [ 2017 - 2020 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: A/Pr Joseph Sasadeusz (Principal investigator) ,  A/Pr Peter Revill ,  Dr Megan Crane ,  Dr Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy ,  Dr Renae Walsh
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Brief description Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection can be treated, but therapy is usually lifelong and has side effects, so a cure for HBV is very important. We work closely with colleagues in Asia where both HBV and HIV are common so this provides a unique opportunity to study HBV. We will investigate how an effective immune response against the 2 main HBV proteins is developed. If we can understand how the immune response works against HBV, this could be used to develop new therapies to develop a cure for HBV

Funding Amount $AUD 937,265.55

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant