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Category: News (page 10)

Category: News (page 10)

Medical regulators warn against 'stem cell tourism'

Posted on: July 26, 2019 Categorized in: News, Research
Medical regulators have been warning against what’s known as ‘stem cell tourism’. Medical experts have warned that the downside of unproven stem cell treatments isn’t only that they won’t work, but they can be life-threatening, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.…
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SCI community 'hopeful' after NSW govt $15m funding announcement

Posted on: June 20, 2019 Categorized in: News, Research, Media releases
We were honoured to attend to the NSW Treasurer’s Budget speech on Tuesday, and listen to his inspiring words as he announced a $15 million investment into spinal cord injury research.  NSW Treasurer the Hon Dominic Perrottet MP announced  “a new…
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NSW to invest $15 million is spinal cord injury research

Posted on: June 15, 2019 Categorized in: News, Research
$15 million to get us closer to the cure We are delighted to share that the NSW Treasurer the Hon Dominic Perrottet MP plans to announce a $15 million investment into spinal cord injury research in Tuesday’s budget. SpinalCure was given the opportunity to present…
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'How fracturing my neck made me want to give back to others'

Posted on: June 11, 2019 Categorized in: News, Supporters
Mitch Rule, from the Basin in Victoria, was playing Australian rules football in April this year when he suffered a brutal on-field collision that left him concussed and with fractured C6 vertebrae in his neck. Mitch, 25, was extremely lucky not…
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SpinalCure Australia funds program to help rehabilitate hand and arm function for people with SCI

Posted on: May 24, 2019 Categorized in: News, Research
UPDATE: Research participants are being sought for this project. For further information, please email: [email protected].  SpinalCure Australia is pleased to announce that $20,000 has been granted to Dr Camila Quel De Oliveira, Lecturer of Physiotherapy at UTS, to conduct a…
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SpinalCure offers travel and equipment grants for spinal cord injury research

Posted on: May 03, 2019 Categorized in: News, Media releases
We are very pleased to announce that thanks to the generosity of the late Mr Peter Blundy, SpinalCure Australia is able to provide an annual award of travel or equipment grants for up to $10,000 a year. These grants would…
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'Team 22' helps spinal cord injury survivors enjoy a better life

Posted on: April 12, 2019 Categorized in: News
Team 22, a Victorian charity raising funds for spinal cord injury survivors, will be officially launched tonight – Friday, April 12 – at the MCG in Melbourne during the Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs game. This is as the Victorian Wheelchair Football League returns for…
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Scientists grow mini-brain in a dish that connects to spinal cord

Posted on: March 25, 2019 Categorized in: News, Research
  Scientists have grown a miniature brain in a dish that linked up to a mouse’s spinal cord and surrounding muscles – an advance that promises to accelerate the study of injury or degeneration of axon tracts, such as spinal…
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Spinal cord stimulation study gives paralysed patients hopes for voluntary movement

Posted on: March 25, 2019 Categorized in: News, Research
University of Minnesota researchers are aiming to treat 100 volunteers with epidural stimulators in their E-STAND clinical trial. They recently published early results of the first two patients. And it’s good news for everyone with a spinal cord injury (SCI)…
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