New drug for spinal cord injury found to be safe in healthy participants

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has demonstrated the safety and tolerability of a new drug treatment designed as a therapeutic intervention for spinal cord injury (SCI). The research, published in…
SCI researcher

Announcing the I. Peter Farrell SpinalCure Fellowship

SpinalCure Australia is proud to announce the inaugural  I. Peter Farrell SpinalCure Fellowship. This prestigious award provides AUD$1.5million over five years to support an outstanding early/mid-career researcher undertaking innovative research which takes steps towards the goal of a cure for…
Alex Richter

MRFF grants $6m to fund two new Project Spark clinical trials

The Australian Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) has announced $6m in funding to Project Spark. This is a significant milestone for spinal cord injury research in Australia, as it represents the largest-ever financial commitment specifically towards cure-focussed SCI…

BREATHE: The Spinal cord injury, Mind and HeART (SMART) Study

A clinical trial, funded through the $15m NSW Government grants offered as a result of SpinalCure’s call for funding of spinal cord injury research, is now looking for volunteers. How we breathe influences many aspects of health and wellbeing. Ancient…
A Prof Marc Ruitenberg (centre) with Dr John and Mrs Joy Yeo

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…

Winners of Peter Blundy Small Grants announced

SpinalCure Australia is delighted to award four small grants to spinal cord injury (SCI) researchers to assist with their career development and research advancement. The support for these researchers was made possible thanks to a generous bequest by the late…

Melbourne based neurostimulation study focusing on hand and arm function – volunteers wanted

Volunteers needed for a Melbourne-based neurostimulation clinical trial hoping to improve arm and hand function for quadriplegics.