SCI – Stand on the Shoulders of Giants

Astonishing research

23/06/2018 Gerard Stevenson 0 Comments Monash University, SCI, spinal cord injury research, zebra fish

Monash University is conducting astonishing research, watching zebrafish repairing their spinal cords in real-time. Here’s the link. Https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-stem-cells-spinal-cord-real.html

Happenings Spinal research

Where you live counts a lot

10/05/201810/05/2018 Gerard Stevenson 0 Comments Amanda Botticello, disability, living environment, SCI, spinal cord injury, spinal research, Vass, Yooralla

Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation to observe community activity

Spinal research

I enrol in a songwriting course.

13/04/201713/04/2017 Gerard Stevenson 0 Comments Melbourne University, SCI, songwriting, spinal cord injury

Melbourne University are conducting research into the effect of songwriting on people with severe injury. I signed up for the

Inspirational Medical Spinal research Technology

Latest spinal research from Griffith University

01/12/201601/03/2017 Gerard Stevenson 1 Comment Griffith University; 3D cells, SCI, spinal cord injury, Spinal cord research

Griffith University researchers are using marbles to enhance spinal cord repair. Of course, they are not glass marbles as we

Medical

A Man Falls

22/04/201601/03/2017 Gerard Stevenson 5 Comments First-aid, SCI, spinal cord injury

A man falls. He falls hard. Very hard. His neck is broken. The C1 and C2 vertebrae, the vertebrae at the very top of the spine connecting the spine to the brain, are broken or badly crushed.