Curing arthritis using novel compounds from jellyfish venom (Old ID 27568)

Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation
Role

Principal Investigator

Description

This research aims to determine if a specific fraction of the venom from the box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri, relieves the symptoms in induced rheumatoid arthritic mice by either i) decreasing the severity of the damage in joints of mice, i.e. curing the disease or ii) decreases the pain associated with the disease but does not decrease the underlying disease.

Date

01 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2024

Project Type

GRANT

Keywords

Box jellyfish;Arthritis;Drug

Funding Body

Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation

Amount

43630

Project Team

N/A