Spinal injury news
Specific DNA sequences control how cells in the nervous system respond to spinal cord injury, a study has found, potentially enabling more targeted treatments. When the central nervous system is damaged, many cells become reactive, changing their function and activating genes that protect and repair tissue. How this process is regulated has been unclear. Researchers [...]
A major new initiative to accelerate the delivery of pioneering new treatments for paralysis in the UK has been launched by the charity Spinal Research with a £1m fundraising campaign. The Spinal Research Recovery Alliance will bring together the spinal cord injured, researchers, clinicians and industry partners to get breakthrough therapies to paralysed people at [...]
A non-invasive spinal stimulation system controlled by hand movements enables people with paraplegia to regain stepping control. The technique uses electrical signals from hand muscles to trigger magnetic stimulation of the lumbar spinal cord, allowing patients to initiate and control leg movements. By performing rhythmic hand grips, participants with spinal cord injury were able to [...]
Our latest patient story we share Natalie’s experience of chronic pain after spinal cord injury following a workplace injury Natalie McCreith (39) from Southport was left with a life-changing spinal cord injury after a half-tonne steel beam fell on her in a workplace accident. Now left with chronic nerve pain, she discusses the impact on [...]
Formula 1 driver Yuki Tsunoda will hold a helmet auction to raise funds for spinal cord injury research after racing in Las Vegas. All proceeds from the sale of the specially designed helmet will go to the Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation, which funds research into treatments and potential cures for spinal cord [...]
A charity dinner dance in Glasgow has raised more than £121,200 for spinal injury survivors. Digby Brown's annual Winter Dinner Dance for Spinal Injuries Scotland (SIS) saw more than 520 people attend the event at the DoubleTree by Hilton on Friday 7 November. Hosted by broadcaster Des Clarke, attendees enjoyed a live band, games and [...]
Onward Medical has secured FDA 510(k) clearance expanding ARC-EX for home use, widening access to non-invasive spinal cord stimulation for people with upper-limb deficits after spinal cord injury. ARC-EX spinal cord stimulation therapy delivers targeted, programmed electrical stimulation through the skin to the spinal cord. Electrodes placed on the back of the neck provide non-invasive [...]
By RF Hunt In May 1989, I sustained serious spinal cord injuries in a suicide attempt. When I was finally discharged, I went home to my mum and dad and brother. But soon my brother left home to go to university. Then just after celebrating his birthday, my dad died suddenly, at the age of [...]
Two brothers are running five marathons in five days to raise money for spinal cord injury research after a close friend was paralysed in a motorbike accident. The challenge began yesterday in Brighton, with friends and supporters joining them along the route to raise awareness and funds for Spinal Research after a close friend was [...]
By Asham Rehab When 75-year-old Diana Hoy was admitted for planned spinal surgery on May 1, 2025, doctors discovered she had lost mobility from her knees to her feet and from her fourth and fifth fingers to her elbows, along with saddle paresthesia. Despite this, Diana was determined that it would not mark the end [...]
