NHMRC caught up with Professor Andrew Lloyd from The University of New South Wales who develops vaccines for Hepatitis C, which effects 750,000 Australians. Find out how his research is not only helping treat Hepatitis C but working on prevention strategies.
Video transcript
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Professor Andrew Lloyd: My area of particular research interest is Hepatitis C vaccine development.
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Hepatitis C affects a quarter of a million Australians and it’s largely socially disadvantaged individuals,
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hence my interest is into not only develop good treatments, but also prevention strategy for that group.
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There are no funding agencies, of any sort, with an interest in Hepatitis C. NHRMC’s absolutely critical for my research agenda,
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it has been since I was very first funded several decades ago for projects and programs and partnerships to develop that research agenda.
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it’s really totally NHMRC that makes this research possible.
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