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Targeting carbohydrate metabolism in Leishmania [ 2016 - 2019 ]

Research Grant

[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1100000]

Researchers: Prof Malcolm Mcconville (Principal investigator) ,  Prof Spencer Williams

Brief description There is an urgent need to develop new drugs to treat human leishmaniasis, a disease that causes debilitating and life-threatening diseases in millions of people worldwide. This project will investigate whether it is possible to develop a new generation of drugs that target a novel metabolic pathway in these parasites that we have shown to be essential for virulence.

Funding Amount $AUD 881,403.04

Funding Scheme Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant

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ACN 633 798 857