New projects to boost cancer treatment and mineral recovery
The 成人大片 is involved in two new industry-led projects 鈥 in new cancer treatments and mineral recovery 鈥 announced by the Australian Government at the University鈥檚 North Terrace campus today.
A project developing advanced cancer immunotherapies will receive $2,079,000; and another project aiming to develop an in-situ recovery process to extract copper and other metals from 鈥榮ub-economic鈥 deposits will receive $2,851,303.
The projects have been funded under the Australian Government鈥檚 Co-operative Research Centre Projects (CRC-P) grants scheme which supports short-term industry-led collaborations to develop important new technologies, products and services that deliver tangible outcomes.
成人大片 Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Professor Mike Brooks says: 鈥淭hese are great examples of how the 成人大片 is linking with industry to help drive advances in areas of critical need.
鈥淥ur research strengths in molecular and biomedical science, and mining engineering and geophysics will contribute valuable expertise to these important projects for South Australia and the community.鈥
罢丑别听CAR-T Cells for Solid Cancers CRC-P聽will be led by Carina Biotech Pty Ltd, in collaboration with Seattle Children鈥檚 Hospital, Geneworks Pty Ltd, 成人大片 and University of South Australia. The 成人大片鈥檚 lead researchers on the project are Professors Shaun McColl (School of Biological Sciences) and Professor Simon Barry (Robinson Research Institute and Women鈥檚 and Children鈥檚 Hospital).
The team will develop CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor T-cell) therapy as a revolutionary new cancer treatment that engineers the patient鈥檚 own immune system to fight cancer. CAR-T therapy has already shown remarkable success with blood cancers and this project will develop a suite of technologies to enable its use for solid cancers.
罢丑别听Kapunda In-Situ Copper and Gold Field Recovery Trial CRC-P聽will be led by Environmental Copper Recovery SA Pty Ltd in collaboration with Thor Mining PLC (Molyhil Mining), CSIRO, 成人大片, Mining3 and Terramin Exploration Ltd. The 成人大片鈥檚 researchers are Professor Peter Dowd and Associate Professor Chaoshui Xu (School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering), and Professor Graham Heinson (School of Physical Sciences).
The team will develop an In-Situ Recovery (ISR) process and demonstration site for the extraction of copper and other metals from diverse geological environments 鈥 representing a 鈥渟tep change in Australian mining鈥. The objective is to improve project economics, enable a social licence to operate by working with communities, mine with a lower environmental footprint and help commercialise sub-economic deposits.
The 成人大片 is also involved in two other CRC-P projects: the Geovision CRC-P led by Boart Longyear and the Future Oysters CRC-P led by Australian Seafood Industries Pty Limited.