by Maggie Fox WASHINGTON (Reuters) Apr 21 - Shutting off a single gene can help stop the cascade of damage that can paralyze people with spinal cord injuries, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday....

Spinal Cord Injury Network USA (SCINetUSA) was established in Texas March 2009. Dr Wise Young announced the launching of the Spinal Cord Injury Network USA (SCINetUSA) to test treatments for chronic...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) Apr 21 - Shutting off a single gene can help stop the cascade of damage that can paralyze people with spinal cord injuries, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. They propose...

1st picture L-R Bill Shorten MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Children’s and Disability Services and SCA director David Prast. 2nd picture L-R: SCA's Leah Mayne and Chair Joanna Knott with supporter, ...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 31, 2009) Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that regeneration of central nervous system axons can be achieved in rats even when...

The Medical Energy Rebate is for eligible NSW customers who are medically diagnosed with thermoregulatory dysfunction. This means they have a significant loss of capacity to control their body...

by Janis Kelly July 30, 2009 Brilliant Blue G (BBG), a dye used to visualize transparent tissues in eye surgery and a cousin to the food additive that makes Gatorade blue, is also a candidate for...

27 July 2009 The Victorian Neutrauma Initiatives (VNI) released a landmark report that reveals for the first time the high cost of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) in...

Hope—and anxiety—run high as the first clinical trial of embryonic-stem-cell therapy begins this summer. by Claudia Kalb | NEWSWEEK Published Mar 21, 2009

The recent announcement that stem cell treatment of spinal injury was finally moving from experimentation on rats to an actual human trial is the news that many people affected by spinal cord injury...

Combined news services March 10, 2009 President Barack Obama yesterday honored the work and spirit of late actor Christopher Reeve, who became a tireless advocate for embryonic stem cell research...

"You've got to have hope that tomorrow's going to be a better day" … Kim Russell, who has lived more than half her life with a spinal cord injury. At 46, and more than half a lifetime with a spinal...

The Age by Peter Weekes September 16, 2007 AUSTRALIA has lost another of its leading scientists, with the appointment of stem cell and IVF pioneer Alan Trounson to a position in the US. Professor...

by Caroline Cassels April 29, 2008 (Chicago, Illinois) — Early decompressive surgery significantly improves outcomes and reduces complication rates in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), a large...

by Susan Jeffrey April 25, 2007 — Preliminary data from a phase 1/2a trial suggest that a novel Rho inhibitor (Cethrin, Bioaxone Therapeutic), formulated with a fibrin sealant and applied during...

Professor Bartlett, our Director & Chairman of our Scientific Committee, works collaboratively with a number of leading institutes. One of the people with whom he has had a long professional...

8/2/08 A PIONEERING technique that uses the body's nerves to bypass spinal injuries could help thousands of people to regain feeling, and even the use of paralysed limbs, scientists say. Using...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jan 07 - Studies in mice suggest that the central nervous system is able to reorganize itself after spinal cord injury (SCI) and use alternative pathways to bypass the...

June 27, 2007 CAMRA, the peak patient advocacy group, has welcomed the outcome of last night’s stem cell conscience vote in the NSW Legislative Council which voted an overwhelming 27:13 in its...

7 Dec 2006 by Michael Harvey The ban on embryonic cloning for medical research was overturned in Federal Parliament amid emotional scenes last night. The House of Representatives passed a private...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Nov 28 - Application of a functional mimic of a human natural killer (HNK) cell glycan to the severed femoral nerves in mice results in restoration of near-normal function,...

8 Nov 2006 - CAMRA, the patient advocacy group, is very encouraged with the positive Senate vote for Senator Patterson’s Stem Cell Bill. “It is very satisfying to see that the majority of Senators...

To Whom it May Concern, I am a Research Assistant working on a project at Sydney University. We need Australian volunteers for a research study looking at blood lipid profile and carbohydrate...

By Will Boggs: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 25 - Chondroitinase fosters the regrowth of neurons through an extracellular matrix bridge implanted at the time of spinal cord injury in adult rats,...

Saturday 29 July 2006, Pictured: The new stem cells have been made without any living animal tissue A biotech company in Singapore said on Friday that it has created human embryonic stem cells that...

by Tabassum Zakaria and Joanne Kenen WASHINGTON (Reuters) Jul 19 - U.S. President George W. Bush used his first veto on Wednesday to block legislation to expand embryonic stem-cell research, putting...

by Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 12 - A paralyzed patient's brain activity can be harnessed through a brain-computer link to direct movements and restore lost motor function, according to...

27/5/2006 Australia is home to world-leading research into cures of spinal injury, to be showcased at the re:connections conference in Sydney on Monday, says the leading UK scientist, Professor James ...

15/5/2006 Perth scientists say an $8million funding boost will help keep Western Australia at the forefront of neurotrauma research. The State Government has committed the funding over five years to...

He’s obstinate, instinctive, anti-establishment and obsessional. Precisely the qualities that have led many to believe that Geoff Raisman — a tailor’s son from Leeds — holds the key to curing...

6/5/2006 by Errol Kiong Scientists in Auckland have made a breakthrough in adult stem cell transplants that could mean a brighter future for people with Huntington's disease and other neurological...

San Francisco (Reuters) Apr 24 - A California judge on Friday opened the way for the state to begin funding $3 billion of stem-cell research, ruling the controversial voter-approved California...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 12 - Repair of damage caused by stroke, cerebral palsy and spinal cord injury may soon be possible, according to two presentations at the American Academy of Neurology's ...

4/4/2006 from the Premier of Victoria info found here A $230 million package to strengthen Victoria’s world-class medical research facilities, improve the health of Victorians and create new...

For the past 10 years SCA has been campaigning for the Victorian State Government to fund Spinal Cure and Neurotrauma research more info Gary Allsop, our resident Director, has been the main...