Introduction

Category: Media releases (page 2)

Category: Media releases (page 2)

Spinal cord injury research could bring 'huge cost savings' to insurance industry

Posted on: March 13, 2019 Categorized in: News, Events, Media releases
SpinalCure Australia’s CEO Duncan Wallace has reminded the insurance sector of the huge potential for the industry arising from spinal cord injury research. Mr Wallace was addressing a luncheon hosted in Sydney’s Darling Harbour by the NSW Reinsurance Discussion Group (RDG).…
Continue reading “Spinal cord injury research could bring 'huge cost savings' to insurance industry”…

Neurostimulation helps three paralysed people walk again

Posted on: September 25, 2018 Categorized in: Media releases
In a world first, researchers at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, have used epidural neurostimulation to help two paralysed people to walk again. The study used a combination of locomotor training and electrical stimulation to help regenerate communication between the…
Continue reading “Neurostimulation helps three paralysed people walk again”…

Luna & Soul Active supports spinal cord injury research

Posted on: May 18, 2018 Categorized in: Media releases
  Getting active without compromising on your ethics. That’s the ethos behind new activewear label Luna & Soul Active by Melbourne-based yoga teacher and Mum Raja Soltani. Raja’s passion for fair, sustainable and slow fashion has shaped every part of Luna…
Continue reading “Luna & Soul Active supports spinal cord injury research”…

Edging toward a breakthrough-Insurance Adviser May 2018

Posted on: May 15, 2018 Categorized in: News, Media releases
Between 350 and 400 new cases of spinal cord injury are recorded in Australia each year, costing the economy more than $2 billion– inclusive of ongoing care and rehabilitation. Thanks to the pioneering work of Prof Reggie Edgerton, however, those figures…
Continue reading “Edging toward a breakthrough-Insurance Adviser May 2018”…

Mount Kosciuszko Wheelchair Summit challenge

Posted on: March 13, 2018 Categorized in: News, Supporters, Events, Media releases
Earlier this month, a group of inspirational children and young adults in wheelchairs joined our ambassador Sam Bloom and the unstoppable spinal cord injury survivor, Steve Plain, to take part in the Mount Kosciuszko Wheelchair Summit Challenge. The challenge was a…
Continue reading “Mount Kosciuszko Wheelchair Summit challenge”…

UTS Neurostimulation project update

Posted on: December 22, 2017 Categorized in: News, Media releases
This will be the first clinical research program outside the US to continue the development of Professor Reggie Edgerton’s ground-breaking neurostimulation treatments which are returning feeling and function to people with chronic spinal cord injury.   Professor Edgerton, in addition to…
Continue reading “UTS Neurostimulation project update”…

Insurance giants back SpinalCure

Posted on: December 22, 2017 Categorized in: News, Media releases
Two of Australia’s largest insurance firms, Swiss Re and Lloyd’s Australia have pledged their support to SpinalCure’s quest to introduce neurostimulation treatments to Australia. The companies hope that other insurance companies will follow suit and support the initiative, which not…
Continue reading “Insurance giants back SpinalCure”…

SpinalCure receives a grant from The Honda Foundation

Posted on: October 10, 2017 Categorized in: News, Media releases
We are pleased to announce that SpinalCure has received a $6,015 grant from The Honda Foundation. The Honda Foundation proudly supports organisations that are focused on helping others and in the promotion of innovation and new technologies. This grant will…
Continue reading “SpinalCure receives a grant from The Honda Foundation”…