William Yunken, 40, had a car accident in 2012 in outback Western Australia, which resulted in a level C5 incomplete spinal cord injury. After one year in rehabilitation, William “got on with his life” and while he keeps an eye…
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NSW Spinal Cord Injury Research Grants now open for applications
The NSW Office for Health and Medical Research is now accepting applications for their NSW Spinal Cord Injury Research Grants, which are the result of intense advocacy work by SpinalCure Australia and its supporters. Grants up to $2.5 million will…
Climate change and spinal cord injury
An article published on the journal Nature on October 21, 2019 calls for discussions about climate change and disability to take into consideration the impact that climate change has on people with spinal cord injury. People with SCIs “remain the most vulnerable to the…
Polymerised estrogen shown to protect nervous system cells
Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, USA, have developed a promising new biomaterial that could offer targeted treatment to the damaged spinal cord tissue, preventing further damage after the initial trauma caused by an injury. In…
The impact of spinal cord injury on sleep: a review
A narrative review published on the Dove Press journal “Nature and Science of Sleep” examines various sleep abnormalities and related functional and physical impairments in people living with spinal cord injury. “Primary sleep disorders such as sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), sleep-related movement…
SpinalCure supports petition calling for NDIS access for people over 65
SpinalCure Australia would like to circulate the petition to the House of Representatives to call for legislative changes to “eliminate discrimination of older people with a disability”. Older people are unable to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) after…
Clinical trial for complete chronic spinal cord injury to start in the US
A clinical trial treating chronic complete spinal cord injury patients will be conducted in the United States, led by Wise Young, M.D., Ph.D. Dr Young is the founding director of the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University and has…
SpinalCure Australia supports six new research projects
SpinalCure Australia has announced six new small grants for spinal cord injury researchers from all around Australia, bringing the total number of research projects the organisation is supporting to eleven. The support for these researchers was made possible by a…
“I almost became paralysed, I realised how lucky I am and so I wanted to give back”
Ace Lee Hamann, 27, from Sydney, was out with friends in Surry Hills in Sydney one night in April last year when he climbed a tree, fell from about 20 feet and fractured his neck, knee and foot. “I fractured…
Stakeholders meet with NSW Health officials to discuss $15m funding into SCI research
Stakeholders have met with representatives from the NSW Office for Health and Medical Research to discuss the NSW Government’s $15 million injection in spinal cord injury research. After intense advocacy work by SpinalCure Australia and our supporters, the NSW Government announced the funding…