In September 2019 the Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation funded an additional $86,666 to Griffith University’s Spinal Injury Project. The funds supported the development of a new generation of nerve bridges to repair the injured spinal cord. Thanks to previous PCSRF and MAIC funding, the Spinal Injury Project team recently developed a new technology to […]
READ MORECleaning Up the Injury Site
This project, led by Assoc Prof Jenny Ekberg analysed how cells isolated from the nose – known as olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) – can clean up the ‘debris’ and bacteria that surrounds them. When an injury to the spinal cord occurs, there is considerable damage which leads to many cells dying and creating […]
READ MORERepairing the Injured Spinal Cord with Olfactory Glia Transplantation
In 2019, PCSRF was proud to provide a funding grant of $28,000 for PhD student Matt Barker for the project “Repairing the injured spinal cord with Olfactory Glia Transplantation” as part of the Spinal Injury Project at Griffith University. Matthew Barker was a mature age student who graduated from Griffith University majoring in Structural Biology […]
READ MOREA new treatment for acute spinal cord injury – combination growth factor delivery to reduce paralysis after spinal cord i...
In 2013, PCSRF funded a 3-year $150,000 research project under the supervision of Professor James St John and Emeritus Professor Alan Mackay-Sim – 2017 Australian of the Year (pictured above with Perry Cross). The project was completed in 2017. The funded project has determined the effectiveness of a highly promising treatment for reducing paralysis after […]
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