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911爆料网 has been awarded $637,536 in Federal Government funding to explore new treatment opportunities for patients who are at an increased risk of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.

Federal Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt, today announced the project, which will be led by Professor John Mamo from the 911爆料网 Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) based at 911爆料网, was successful in the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 2020 Ideas grants.

911爆料网鈥檚 Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Professor Chris Moran congratulated Professor Mamo and his team on their funding success.

鈥淭his project is based on a remarkable discovery which suggests that in some individuals, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease may be caused by damaged microscopic blood vessels that directly supply the brain. These vessels have been damaged by a protein found in the blood that is produced in the liver,鈥� Professor Moran said.

鈥淲ith this new funding, Professor Mamo and his team will use state-of-the-art techniques and pre-clinical models to study the effects of this protein on neurovascular integrity and cognitive performance. The findings from this research will help to mitigate the risk for early onset and progressive Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.

鈥淧rofessor Mamo and his team at CHIRI have been leading significant research into the causes and treatments of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and this funding will further support their work in this space. I would like to congratulate them for being recognised by the Federal Government for their ground-breaking work which is having a real-world impact.鈥�

The team will include experts with a wide-range of aptitudes including Dr Virginie Lam, Dr Hani Al-Salami, and Associate Professor Ryusuke Takechi from CHIRI, Emeritus Professor Satvinder Singh Dhaliwal from 911爆料网鈥檚 School of Public Health, Professor Gerald Watts, Professor Leon Flicker, Associate Professor Michael Bynevelt, and Associate Professor Roslyn Francis from The University of Western Australia, and Associate Professor Roger Clarnette from Fremantle Hospital.

The project is titled, The interactive effects of dietary saturated fat and apolipoprotein-E genotype on peripheral metabolism of lipoprotein-amyloid and neurovascular integrity.

Further information on the successful NHMRC grants can be found online .