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Tag: spinal cord injury (page 3)

Do the Narna's trainer Daniel Bowman

‘Doing the Narna’ for spinal cord injury research

Posted on: July 20, 2021 Categorized in: News, Supporters
Tony Robinson, part-owner of gelding Do The Narna, has generously promised to give all his profits from the gelding’s racing career to SpinalCure. Tony is a great mate to SpinalCure Australia Director Gary Allsop, who he calls ‘the great persuader’.…
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Embryonic Stem Cells

World-first study using adult-derived stem cells on spinal cord injury patients begins

Posted on: July 08, 2021 Categorized in: News, Research, Current clinical trials
The first clinical study using adult-derived stem cells with the aim of treating people with spinal cord injuries has begun in Japan, at Keio University. The research team, led by Prof. Masaya Makamura, an orthopedic specialist, and Prof. Hideyuki Okano,…
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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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Crowd assembled for Lloyd's fundraising event

Lloyd’s annual golf day raises over $28,000 for research

Posted on: April 12, 2021 Categorized in: News, Supporters, Events
SpinalCure Australia would like to thank Lloyd’s Australia for hosting their sixth  annual charity Golf Day on Thursday 11 March, 2021 at Sydney’s Concord Golf Club. Participants generously helped raise $28,602 which will be invested to help find a cure…
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Curcumin and resveratrol 'can help with spinal cord injury recovery,' studies show

Posted on: April 05, 2019 Categorized in: Research
Two new studies have shed light on the possible healing properties of foods containing curcumin and resveratrol for patients with spinal cord injury. Curcumin ‘can play important role in SCI recovery’, study says A new study published on Springer Link says curcumin…
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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 injury research could bring 'huge cost savings' to insurance industry

Posted on: March 13, 2019 Categorized in: News, Events, Media releases
SpinalCure Australia’s CEO Duncan Wallace has reminded the insurance sector of the huge potential for the industry arising from spinal cord injury research. Mr Wallace was addressing a luncheon hosted in Sydney’s Darling Harbour by the NSW Reinsurance Discussion Group (RDG).…
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Neurostimulation helps three paralysed people walk again

Posted on: September 25, 2018 Categorized in: Media releases
In a world first, researchers at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, have used epidural neurostimulation to help two paralysed people to walk again. The study used a combination of locomotor training and electrical stimulation to help regenerate communication between the…
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Spinal cord injury – it's not what you think

Posted on: September 05, 2018 Categorized in: News
To the uninitiated, a spinal cord injury often means simply ‘not being able to walk’. The reality? It’s much worse. Today is World Spinal Cord Injury Day, an important, international day to bring awareness to a condition that many people don’t…
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