Research showcase

Highlights from ANZSCOS 2009 "Are we there yet?"
19.02.2010
Professor Phil Waite, The Spinal Cord Injury Network
  There were two highlights for me, besides the Spinal Cord Injury Network research session which I was involved in. Firstly, keynote speaker Michael Dunn, from the US Dept of Veterans...
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Making the right connections
12.12.2009
Center for Neural Repair, University of California
  A new study led by Professor Mark Tuszynski at the University of California shows regenerating nerve fibres can be directed to appropriate cells amongst millions of possible targets after...
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Paralysed rats walk again without brain input
05.11.2009
University of Zurich
  A new study shows paralysed rats with complete spinal cord injury can walk again if they are treated to a specific combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and exercise training....
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Blue dye reduces secondary damage in spinal cord injury
05.11.2009
University of Rochester Medical Center
  Researchers based at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York State have shown a blue dye called brilliant blue G (BBG) reduces secondary damage in a rat model of spinal cord...
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What’s in a matrix? Restoration of hand function in a rat model of brachial plexus injury
29.05.2009
Institute of Neurology, London
Researchers at the Institute of Neurology in London have found transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) within an endogenous matrix can restore hand function and re-establish connections...
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