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NOVEL INTERVENTIONS TO TREAT AND CURE ACUTE AND CHRONIC VIRAL INFECTIONS

  • Funded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
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Grant number: GA352254

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2024
    2028

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $1,369,268.29

  • Funder

    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

  • Research Location

    Australia

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Melbourne

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Therapeutics research, development and implementation

  • Research Subcategory

    N/A

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Better treatments are needed for virus infections. In this project I will use novel approaches to quantify and also eliminate long lived forms of HIV that persist on antiviral therapy, through triggering suicide of the infected cells and boosting immunity. I will leverage advances in mRNA therapeutics and gene editing as a novel strategy to treat SARS-CoV2, which could be used to treat other new respiratory viruses.