Host-directed therapy for malaria: host cell signalome as a target [ 4/1/2021 - 3/31/2024 ]

Research Grant

Brief description Malaria parasites kill 450,000 children a year and impact on the economic development of communities. Spreading drug resistant malaria parasites within Australia's South-East Asian neighbours creates an urgent and unmet need for new drug treatments. We will characterise host signals required for parasite survival in immature erythrocytes and identify host-directed, ready to develop, resistance-proofed drugs to kill malaria parasites.

Funding Amount $898,043

Funding Scheme Ideas Grants

Chief Investigator Dr Danny Wilson

Notes Ideas Grants