MEDIA RELEASE Funding Injection for Medical Research Offers New Hope for Spinal Cord Injury Patients The Australian Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) has announced $6M in funding for Project Spark, an Australian medical research collaboration that is developing…
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Sam Bloom donates $100,000 to Project Spark
At Sam’s request, the funds will support a clinical trial which aims to improve hand, arm and respiratory function for quadriplegics.
Media Release: Tommy Little hands over $103,520 cheque for world-leading experimental therapy for spinal cord injury
Sydney, 6 December 2022 Today, Comedian and Presenter Tommy Little handed over a cheque for $103,520 to Project Spark, a partnership between Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), SpinalCure and Spinal Cord Injuries Australia that has the potential to improve the lives…
A Prof Marc Ruitenberg receives prestigious Churchill Fellowship
Our heartfelt congratulations to Associate Professor Marc Ruitenberg from the University of Queensland’s School of Biomedical Sciences on being awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship. Dr Ruitenberg and his team are using the latest advances in single-cell and spatial sequencing technologies…
Victorian Jockeys’ Association backs spinal injury research
Media release 1 June 2022 Download this media release here. The Victorian Jockeys’ Association (VJA) is backing research for a cure for spinal cord injury, with a generous donation this week to SpinalCure, Australia’s leading funder of cure-related research for…
End the ‘do nothing’ decade for seniors with disabilities
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT AUSTRALIAN DISABILITY & AGED CARE ORGANISATIONS It’s time to end a decade of inaction over support for seniors with disabilities. Right now, people over 65 with significant disabilities are denied the same care, support and services delivered…
Minister Hunt accepts 30,000-strong petition & creates history-making $10m neurostimulation grant
Video by @cambloom Join us on the Project Spark journey and support our campaign to transform the lives of people with spinal cord injury. Read the full story: On Wednesday 30 March, Minister Greg Hunt accepted SpinalCure Australia’s 30,000-strong petition…
Pioneering work of quadriplegic recognised in book ten years after his death
The life of a remarkable quadriplegic from Perth who introduced an innovative model of exercise rehabilitation to Australia and helped pioneer research – which is now leading to spinal injured people gaining movement and even walking again – has been…
Ed Cummings supports petition to fund new spinal cord injury research
More than 20,000 Australians live with a spinal cord injury, and SpinalCure Australia, with support from Ed Cummings and the Australian Jockeys’ Association, have launched a petition calling on the Federal Government to fund a nation-wide research project that could…
Landmark trial aims to help people with spinal cord injury walk again
Wednesday 2 June, Sydney, Australia: Australian researchers are embarking on a landmark international trial which aims to help people with spinal cord injury walk again. Led by researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and primarily funded by SpinalCure Australia and…