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Functional foods for chronic human diseases
Researchers at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) are evaluating functional foods as treatment for chronic human inflammatory diseases—such as obesity, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and osteoarthritis—through preclinical and clinical trials.
Unique selling point/competitive advantage
The USQ Functional Foods Research Group have collaborated extensively with national and international partners from industry and research institutes and have established relationships with regional communities.
USQ has well-established pre-clinical and clinical research methodology, world-class research facilities, and extensive publication in international peer-reviewed journals. The researchers also have a track record in securing competitive research funding.
Investment or collaboration opportunities
USQ seeks investors to provide support for pilot trials to identify better interventions for chronic human diseases.
USQ also seeks collaborators to provide access to complementary expertise and resources to enhance the research outputs.
Intellectual property rights
USQ owns the intellectual property rights.
Contact
Professor Lindsay Brown
Email: Lindsay.Brown@usq.edu.au
Dr Sunil Panchal
Email: Sunil.Panchal@usq.edu.au
More information
Learn more about USQ research on functional foods.
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- Last reviewed: 17 Jul 2019
- Last updated: 29 May 2018