To be released in Australian cinemas 21st January 2021 and streaming on Netflix in the USA and Europe. Penguin Bloom tells the true story of SpinalCure Ambassador Sam Bloom (played by Academy Award® nominated Naomi Watts) a young mother whose…
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Spinal Cord Injuries in Australia – The case for investing in new treatments
Spinal cord injuries cost Australian economy $74.5b but small investments could reverse the emotional and financial impact. Sydney, 15 December 2020: A new landmark report released today by AlphaBeta, commissioned by SpinalCure Australia and supported by a grant from the icare Foundation (Insurance…
Tom Elphick’s story
Tom Elphick was an aspiring professional dancer and overseas student at Codarts University in Rotterdam with a promising and exciting career ahead of him. He was coming to the end of his degree and had just landed a great position…
Lloyd’s donate to SpinalCure as part of their covid response
SpinalCure was recently nominated by Lloyds Australia to receive a donation as part of Lloyd’s global charitable response to COVID-19. We are delighted to share that we have now received a very welcome donation of $53,000! To date, 197 charities…
Non-traumatic spinal cord injury: Barbara’s story
Non-traumatic spinal cord injury occurs when the spinal cord is damaged by something other than major trauma. Many medical issues can lead to these injuries. In fact things like tumours and degenerative disorders are the leading cause of SCIs in…
CatWalk – Our partners in New Zealand
New Zealand based CatWalk is our featured collaborative organisation this month! CatWalk Spinal Cord Injury Trust was founded by Catriona Williams MNZM in 2005, one of New Zealand’s leading international equestrian riders. A riding accident in 2002 left her a…
Bradley Trevor Greive
Bradley Trevor Greive AM (BTG) wrote the best-seller Penguin Bloom, The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family, as well as the new book Sam Bloom, Heartache & Birdsong. For four years he researched spinal cord injury (SCI) and spent…
James Gribble: Person of Interest – August 2020
Our Person of Interest for August is James Gribble. We chose him because he is actively trying to improve the lives of Australians living with disabilities through his company Empower Golf. Below he shares how he came to be involved…
Mayo Clinic (USA): Clinical trial of mesenchymal stem cells for traumatic SCI
Led by Dr Allan Dietz at the Mayo Clinic, this clinical trial will investigate the safety and potential therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells derived from the patients own adipose tissue (body fat). Eligible participants include those with sub-acute or…
ABC Podcast: Sam Bloom and Prof Sylvia Gustin discuss SCI and cutting-edge research
SpinalCure Ambassador talks about her journey and her hopes for the future. She is joined by Prof Sylvia Gustin who recently received $2.5million from the $15m SCI research fund that SpinalCure secured in the 2019/20 NSW state budget. Prof Gustin…