The last six months have seen big advances, even bigger claims and some frenzied media attention for SCI research… In October was the news that Darek Fidyka, a complete paraplegic, was walking again after receiving an olfactory ensheathing glial cell…
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Breathing 100% oxygen a few hours a day reduces neuropathic pain in spinal cord injuries
A Chinese study published in the journal Nature reports that patients who were exposed to pure oxygen via a non-rebreathing reservoir mask, for 1 or 4 h daily for 2 weeks, had reduced levels of neuropathic pain when compared to a control group.…
MacArthur Lions Annual SpinalCure Golf Day 2014
The sun shone on the beautiful Camden Valley Resort golf course for this year’s SpinalCure golf day. The morning’s 4-person Ambrose competition was punctuated by the crack of another ball hammered down the fairway by Australian long drive champion Mark…
Stem cell phase 1/2a clinical trial for cervical complete spinal cord injury
Following successful results from its Phase 1 trial, California company Asterias Biotherapeutics Inc. will now initiate a Phase 1/2a clinical trial of its stem cell product, AST-OPC1, in patients with complete cervical spinal cord injury. The new clinical trial differs…
ChinaSCINet plans phase III trial for 120 subjects with chronic complete SCI in Norway, India & HK
The China Spinal Cord Injury Network (ChinaSCINet) recently conducted phase-two clinical trials in Hong Kong and Kunming, where umbilical cord blood cells were transplanted together with lithium into people with chronic complete spinal cord injury. The results of these trials…
Xander's 1000Km ride for a cure
Over $20,000 raised! Go Xander! Not your average weekend cycle ride! In June 2014 Xander Beccari cycled from Brisbane to Wollongong — a journey of over 1000km — to raise funds for spinal cord injury research. Xander explains, “One of my good…
Invivo on track to start bio scaffold clinical trial in Jan 2014
US based Invivo Therapeutics expects that the clinical trial of its first investigational product, a degradable polymer scaffold designed to promote healing following acute spinal cord injury, will be ready to enroll patients in the first quarter of 2014. –…
Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery donates $100,000 from Midwinter Ball
Each year the journalists from the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery and the politicians they cover, get together for a black tie knees-up, The Midwinter Ball, before Parliament takes its winter break. Fundraising aspects of the night included the auctioning of such things as…
StemCells, Inc. announces results of spinal cord injury trial – gains in sensory function persist 12 months after stem cell transplant
StemCells Inc. have announced the 12-month results of their initial Phase I safety trial of purified human neural stem cells for chronic spinal cord injury. The sensory improvements reported at 6-months have persisted and not adverse effects have be seen.…
Duncan Adams 2010 English Channel Swim
DUNCAN ADAMS has now ACHIEVED his ENGLISH CHANNEL SWIM in an AMAZING TIME of 11 hours and 33 minutes. It exceeded his 2007 result when, as one would expect, Duncan swam his heart out until he was beaten by protracted…