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Camila Quel de Oliveira

SpinalCure Scientist series: Dr Quel de Oliveira talks SCI research and robotics

Posted on: October 27, 2021 Categorized in: Research, Personal stories
SpinalCure speaks to Dr Camila Quel de Oliveira, the lead researcher on a study testing the feasibility of robotics-assisted game-based arm and hand rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury (SCI). This study is funded by SpinalCure, due to its potential…
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Image showing the human urinary system

Lack of bladder control is one of the unseen effects of spinal cord injuries. Can neurostimulation help?

Posted on: October 12, 2021 Categorized in: News, Research
One of the unseen side effects of spinal cord injuries is a loss of bladder control. Many people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) have to take drugs to control their bladders, but unfortunately they come with lots of side effects,…
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Study reviews use of neurostimulation in early recovery from an SCI

Posted on: September 16, 2021 Categorized in: News, Research, Current clinical trials
A recent study has shown for the first time that transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation, also known as neurostimulation, can be used successfully in people while they are still recovering in hospital, writes Tom Elphick, SpinalCure Community Ambassador. Neurostimulation is one of…
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Injectable stimulator - courtesty University of Cambridge

Tiny spinal cord stimulator could improve access to treatment

Posted on: July 22, 2021 Categorized in: News, Research
A tiny inflatable spinal cord stimulator has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge with the aim of making spinal cord stimulation more practical and accessible. While the device was developed for people with back or leg pain,…
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Physiotherapist with trial participant

Landmark trial aims to help people with spinal cord injury walk again

Posted on: June 02, 2021 Categorized in: News, Research, Media releases, Current clinical trials
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…
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3D-printed nerve stem cells could help repair damaged spinal cord

Posted on: August 13, 2018 Categorized in: Research
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have designed a device that could reconnect the damaged spinal cord. A silicone guide, covered in 3D- printed neuronal stem cells, can be implanted into the injury site, where it grows new connections between…
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Human stem cells may provide new scalable source of replacement cells for spinal cord injury

Posted on: August 08, 2018 Categorized in: Research
Researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have successfully created spinal cord neural stems (NSCs) from puripotent stem cells (hPSCs) that differentiate into a diverse population of cells capable of dispering throighout the spinal cord and…
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Paralyzed mice with spinal cord injury made to walk again

Posted on: July 23, 2018 Categorized in: Research
Most people with spinal cord injury are paralyzed from the injury site down, even when the cord isn’t completely severed. Why don’t the spared portions of the spinal cord keep working? Researchers now provide insight into why these nerve pathways…
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