Zika Virus Archives - Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation

2023 Research Grant, Research Grants October 27, 2022

The impact of the complement system on fetal brain and retinal development during viral infection.

Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Jillian Carr Funding Amount : $98,679 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Sometimes, viral infection during pregnancy infects the baby with devastating and permanent effects on the brain and eye.

News August 27, 2020

CRF Grant helps fund revolutionary robot to target zika virus cure

Researchers in the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer’s Cell Screen SA (CeSSA) are using revolutionary medical research equipment to find potential treatments to help protect millions of unborn babies

2019 Research Grant October 31, 2018

A pre-clinical evaluation of an innovative DNA-based vaccination regimen to protect women of childbearing age against Zika virus during sexual transmission

Chief Investigator: Dr Danushka Wijesundara Research Area: Basic Science Funding Amount: $ 74,785 Recipient: The University of Adelaide Overview: Since the recent Brazilian outbreak, Zika virus is recognized to cause