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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…

June 2021: Spinal cord injury research update

Posted on: June 17, 2021 Categorized in: Research

We are at an exciting point with cure-related spinal cord injury research in Australia, with our landmark gold standard eWalk trial beginning. Great progress is also being made in other areas. Dollars are the major hurdle in expanding trials and access…

Experimental drug restores some bladder function after spinal cord injury

Posted on: June 07, 2018 Categorized in: Research

Researchers from Ohio State University have tested a drug that is showing promising results to improve bladder function after a spinal cord injury. After a month-long treatment after spinal cord injury in mice, bladder volume decreased significantly to a level…

Melbourne research team aim to develop a bionic spinal cord

Posted on: November 17, 2013 Categorized in: Research

MELBOURNE scientists are developing a “bionic spinal cord” to allow paralysed spinal cord and stroke patients to control robotic limbs by thought. The ambitious $2.5m project, which is being financially backed by the US military and Australian Government, aims to…

Tom Dibdin completes epic fundraising challenge for SpinalCure

Congratulations to Tom on his huge achievement, completing the Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko 100km marathon in just over 23 hours, and for reaching his fundraising target and raising over $5,000 for SCI research. Tom set off in sub-zero temperatures and not only faced the challenging…

The 2022 LAGS Golf Day raises $19,000 for research

A stunning day in Sydney for the annual LAGS Golf Day in support of SpinalCure Members of the Lloyd’s Australia insurance and underwriting community enjoyed a glorious morning on the greens at Concord Golf Club, followed by lunch in the…

Link Magazine features Community Ambassador Dean Martelozzo

Thrilled to have SpinalCure community ambassador Dean Martelozzo feature as the cover story on the summer edition of Link – Australia’s premier national disability magazine. Dean became a paraplegic in 2011 as a result of a snowboarding accident in the…

Media Release: Tommy Little hands over $103,520 cheque for world-leading experimental therapy for spinal cord injury

Sydney, 6 December 2022 Today, Comedian and Presenter Tommy Little handed over a cheque for $103,520 to Project Spark, a partnership between Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), SpinalCure and Spinal Cord Injuries Australia that has the potential to improve the lives…

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…

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

June 2021: Spinal cord injury research update

Experimental drug restores some bladder function after spinal cord injury

Melbourne research team aim to develop a bionic spinal cord

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Tag: robotics