Grant Type: Project Grant
Start / End Date: 2018 to 2020
Chief investigators: Colditz P, Khosrotehrani K, Wixey J
Associate investigators: Bjorkman ST, Patel J, Chand K
Growth restriction during pregnancy causes impaired development of the fetal brain and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes such as cerebral palsy. Our project is investigating a novel stem cell treatment to protect baby’s brains – using the baby’s own placenta.
Hypothesis: Placental stem cell treatment will improve brain outcomes in the IUGR neonate.
This project aims to: examine the effect of placental stem cell treatment on neuronal injury, inflammation and brain outcomes in the newborn IUGR piglet brain.
Project members
- Associate Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani, Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute
- Dr Jatin Patel, Senior ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute