Azetidine-2-carboxylic acid - a plant-derived non-protein amino acid as a novel environmental risk factor for MS

Project Member(s): Castorina, A., Rodgers, K.

Funding or Partner Organisation: MS Research Australia (MS Research Australia- Incubator Grant)
MS Research Australia (MS Research Australia- Incubator Grant)

Start year: 2021

Summary: A project aimed at identifying the non-protein aminoacid azetidine-2-carboxylic acid in the brain tissues obtained from patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

FOR Codes: Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences, Neurosciences, Expanding knowledge in the biomedical and clinical sciences

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UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.