Autism Research Database - Principal Investigator Project Details

Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	How can trafficking of the tumour suppressor PTEN affect normal and abnormal brain development?
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Howitt, Jason
Description Description	Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that is estimated to affect 1 in every 100 children. Currently we have no medical treatments to cure the disease. PTEN is a tumor suppressor that has been genetically linked to autism as it functions to inhibit cell growth that can result in abnormal brain development. In this grant we aim to study the location and function of PTEN and how failure of this system can result in neurodevelopmental diseases such as autism.
Funder Funder	National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Country Funding Country	Australia
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	0
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2014-2016
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 2: What is the Biology Underlying ASD?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	No URL available.
Institution Institution	University of Melbourne
Institute Location Institute Location	Australia
Project Number Project Number	1066895
Government or Private Government or Private	Government
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	N/A