In 1966, Rosalind Nicholson, aged only 17, began to study for a teaching career at Bathurst Teachers’ College. That same year she suffered a spinal cord injury which resulted in quadriplegia. Ros was staying with her friend, Barbara, on a farm on…
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StemCells, Inc. reports positive interim safety data from spinal cord injury trial
StemCells, Inc. has announced completion of the first planned interim safety review of the company’s Phase I/II spinal cord injury clinical trial, which indicated that the surgery, immunosuppression and the cell transplants have been well-tolerated. The trial, which is designed…
Some patients show long term improvement after stem cell therapy
One of the first long-term studies of stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury shows significant functional and other improvements in three out of ten patients. The results support the safety of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from the patient’s…
New clinical trial for acute SCI
A clinical trial is underway by the US based, Japanese owned firm Asubio for their SUN13837 molecule. This trial is for acute (new) cervical injuries. They are hoping for an incredible 2-level improvement in quadriplegic patients. The difference this would…
FDA meeting brings promising spinal cord injury treatment closer to human trials
InVivo Therapeutics have had promising results using on bipolymer scaffolding to treat spinal cord injury in animal models (See published results). (March 2012: interview with InVivo CEO). Final FDA approval is still required. Read more
Wiggly Tail Pork Shop
We are very grateful to the proprietors, Kerry and Christine Buttsworth, and their customers at the Wiggly Tail Pork Shop and Butchery in Laurieton NSW, who regularly donate. To date they have raised over $5500. Visit The Wiggly Tail
Ballyus Designs and Ballyus Propagators
The Leggetts of South West Rocks NSW have two businesses: Ballyus Designs – beautiful individually crafted costume jewellery Ballyus Propagators – frangipanis, bauhinias, butterfly trees and poincianas. All their proceeds are donated to find a cure for the paralysis caused…
Helping nerves regrow with micro-moulded nerve guidance conduits
“If successful we anticipate these scaffolds will not just be applicable to peripheral nerve injury, but could also be developed for other types of nerve damage too. The technique of laser direct writing may ultimately allow production of scaffolds that…
Bone marrow holds key to stem cell breakthrough
University of Western researchers are using human bone marrow stem cells to promote an endogenous host response after spinal cord injury, by isolating stromal cells found in a patient’s own bone marrow and transplanting them back into the injury site…
Career Development Fellowship awarded to Dr Marc Ruitenberg
SpinalCure Australia has awarded a prestigious Career Development Fellowship to Dr Marc Ruitenberg, a lecturer in Neuroanatomy & Neuroscience at the School of Biomedical Sciences and Affiliate Research Fellow of The Queensland Brain Institute at The University of Queensland. This…