SCICure Research Advancement What is a spinal cord injury? SPINAL CORD INJURY The central nervous system (CNS) is comprised of the brain and spinal cord. The CNS controls all... divide and create new cells. As a result, recovery from a brain or spinal cord injury is extremely difficult. The complexity of the central nervous system makes the formation... the injury. Cells called neurons connect with one another to send and receive messages into the brain and spinal cord. Many neurons working together are responsible for every decision made...

SCICure Research Advancement What is a spinal cord injury? SPINAL CORD INJURY Continued from first page: Click the logo to make a tax deductible donation to our project Glia cells..., forming a glial scar that is a barrier to regenerating axons. Microglia are immune cells for the spinal cord. After injury, they migrate to the site of injury to help clear away... carry messages at a speed of one meter per second. A spinal cord injury can compromise or destroy myelin. Messages are passed from neuron to neuron through synapses, small gaps...

SCICure Research Advancement Thank You in Advance for Your Help in Our Quest to Find a Cure for Spinal Cord Injury 100 percent of all donations will go for this project only! The... tax ID for the SCI Research Advancement 501c3 is: 91-1903667. Our research project focuses on non-embryonic / non-fetal stem cell treatments to repair spinal cord injury Pay-pal...

SCICure Research Advancement Links http://sci.rutgers.edu/index.php Top site for learning about spinal cord injury research http://clinicaltrials.gov - List of all human clinical... trials in the U.S. http://members.aol.com/scsweb/private/scshome.htm - Spinal cord Society home page http://www.samschmidt.org/index.php - Sam Schmidt home page http...

SCICure Research Advancement Our research project focuses on non-embryonic / non-fetal stem cell treatments to repair spinal cord injury Welcome to SCI Research Advancement Join... a research team to bring spinal cord regeneration to humans as quickly as possible. Of the approximate $20 billion dollars spent annually on SCI care, (such as wheelchairs, medical...