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