Hookworm therapy for restoring tolerance in coeliac disease (Old ID 22142)

Coeliac Australia
Role

Chief Investigator

Description

Parasitic worms have an amazing ability to manipulate the immune system, and our research group recently discovered how they may hold the key for treating inflammatory diseases such as Coeliac Disease. The aim of our reseach is to further develop this novel therapy in a clinical trial and study the mechanism of how worms control the immune response, including identifying the molecules that the work produces that could be produced as a pill-based medication for treating coeliac disease.

Date

01 Oct 2016 - 30 Mar 2018

Project Type

GRANT

Keywords

Autoimmunity;Parasite;Inflammation

Funding Body

Coeliac Australia

Amount

86110

Project Team

Paul Giacomin;Alex Loukas