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Solving a sticky problem in diabetes: Dr Lining Ju wins Ideas Grant
Congratulations to Dr Lining (Arnold) Ju on being awarded a 2020 Ideas Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for his project Novel ‘Mechano-medicine’ combats deadly sticky blood clots in diabetes.
The project aims to characterise a novel biomechanical mechanism that is associated with mechanical force generated by dynamic blood flow. This mechanism leads to increased blood clotting in diabetes, a discovery previously identified by scientists in the Thrombosis Group, led by Professor Shaun Jackson at HRI.
“By better understanding sticky blood clots in diabetes, we can provide potential new treatments to people with diabetes,” says Dr Ju.