A donation of almost $400,000 will provide funds for the University of Queensland as they research the potential of stem cells to repair spinal cord injuries.
Dr Marc Ruitenberg, who will be heading the research, says this money will enable researchers to “investigate stem cell-based therapies to treat chronic spinal cord injury finding and assist in finding a cure for spinal cord injuries.”
The research hopes to transplant nerve cells into spinal cord injury sites to improve broken circuits and return lost functions.