CORDIS · 304884 · FP7
VISION Prolonged inhibition of semaphorine3a pathway via a bio-degradable implant towards a better therapy for visual sensory impairments
Coordinator: TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY (IL)
The visual pathway is a component of the central nervous system (CNS) and therefore is not regenerative. Acute optic nerve injury, ischemic optic neuropathy and glaucoma are conditions that initially lead to partial blindness and eventually could lead to total blindness. Extensive neuron and retinal ganglion cells (RGC) death is evidenced in these pathologies. Semaphorin 3A (Sema3A) is a cell secreted protein that participates in the axonal guidance pathways. Partner TAU was the first to show that Sema-3A is also capable of inducing neuronal cell death. Elevated levels of Sema3A were than fou…
About Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013)
The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) ran from 2007 to 2013 and was the EU's main research-funding instrument of that period. It mobilised roughly €50 billion across cooperation projects, ERC frontier grants, Marie Curie fellowships, capacity-building actions and Euratom research. FP7 closed to new calls in 2013 but its projects continued for years after under their original grant agreements.
Co-funding: the European Union contributes €5.7M toward a total project budget of €7.4M — a funding rate of 76%, with the remainder covered by the consortium partners. The project runs over approximately 4 years from 2012-09-01 to 2016-08-31.
Full record on CORDIS — partners, deliverables, publications, news.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who funds this research project?
- This project is funded by the European Union through the Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013) programme, under the CP-FP funding scheme.
- What is the EU contribution?
- The European Commission contributes €5.7M toward a total project budget of €7.4M.
- Which EU programme funds it?
- The project is funded under Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013).
- Who coordinates the project?
- The project is coordinated by TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY (IL).
- What is the project timeline?
- The project runs from 2012-09-01 to 2016-08-31 — approximately 4 years.
- Where can I find the full project record?
- The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 304884.