Helminth secretomes: from vaccines to novel anti-inflammatory biologics [ 2017 - 2021 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Alexander Loukas (Principal investigator)

Brief description Billions of people in developing countries are infected with parasitic worms, but they have been eradicated from industrialised nations. Humans co-evolved with worms, so their recent removal has deprived us of signals required to keep inflammation in check. My research focuses on worm molecules that can be used to (1) develop vaccines to combat these parasitic infections in developing countries, and (2) as a novel platform of anti-inflammatory therapeutics for use in industrialised nations.

Funding Amount $AUD 960,815.99

Funding Scheme Research Fellowships

Notes Research Fellowship