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A spinal cord injury (SCI) can happen to anyone at any time.
The injury can result in paralysis and it can mean living the rest of your life reliant on a wheelchair. It is not just about the terrible restriction of being confined to a wheelchair, there is also the loss of independence and freedom and increased isolation. Essentially, having a spinal injury is life altering with huge ramifications as a result.
Joy is a dedicated mum to three beautiful children who fell from her horse on Christmas Eve and landed on her back. She became a paraplegic in that moment.
She remembers waking up on the ground with ambulance officers working over her and her terrified family telling her the helicopter would arrive soon.
Your generous support today gives hope of a cure to mothers like Joy.
In partnership with The Spinal Injury Project at Griffith University Gold Coast, we are now ready to commence a world-first Cell Transplantation and Rehabilitation Human Clinical Trial.
The incredible project team is a leading group of research specialists including bioengineers, medical doctors, biological scientists and educators working together to develop this breakthrough treatment.
Put simply, this treatment involves the transplantation of the patient’s own olfactory cells from the nose into the spinal cord. Central to the success of this treatment is intensive rehabilitation that takes place before and after the cell transplantation.
Please watch this short video to learn more about how your donation will support spinal cord injury research.
Your donation of $15 a month enables our researchers to buy essential chemicals for their ground-breaking laboratory tests.
Your donation of $30 a month allows our researchers to purchase new specialist components that may make the next big advancement.
Your donation of $50 a month will support the purchase of equipment needed to improve the production of nerve bridges.
Your donation of $100 a month will cover the laboratory expenses of a PhD student for a month – it is the bright minds of PhD students that may lead to the next big breakthrough.
Your donation of $200 a month will help our senior researchers to drive the current research to our goal of a clinical trial.
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PO Box 8244 GCMC Qld 9726
A legacy gift to the Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation will help us continue the journey to discover a cure for paralysis and its many complexities.
You can help people across the world to walk again. We can’t thank you enough for considering us.
Please contact us on
0457 277 579 for a confidential discussion.
