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