Unite 2 Fight Paralysis

Registration for U2FP’s 20th Annual Science & Advocacy Symposium - happening February 15-17 in Washington, D.C., is officially open!

50% discounts for SCI Individuals/ family, and students. And PCAs are free (limit 1) Details on registration page.

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U2FP’s veteran SCI journalist, Sam Maddox, provides details on this BCI story out of China - including comparison studies along with relevant context, links and solid insight.

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Our Wisconsin CAN advocates have long had the mentality of The Little Engine That Could. And right now, we are at the toughest but highest point in our journey so far. Fortunately, we may have just received a big break. 

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I have good news - thanks to your support, we have preserved the Minnesota SCI/TBI Research Grant program!

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Chet Moritz talks to us about his role in ONWARD Medical’s development of the recently FDA Approved ARC-EX device. This segment is a great reminder of how U2FP and the SCI Community.

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This is about stem cells and their clinical potential for spinal cord injury recovery. You don’t hear as much about these cells as we once did, but as you will see, active human trials are still being conducted.

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The Brain Body Mind Lab is recruiting participants with complete or incomplete spinal cord injury to develop and test a new evaluation scale to understand better how adults with spinal cord injury are aware of their body and their different body parts.

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Restore SCI Funding - Add Your Voice! Call on Congress to restore funding to Spinal Cord Injury Research Program for our troops and our nation!

We’re joining forces with other affected disease conditions to raise the overall volume - but make no mistake, restoring spinal cord injury research funding is our focus.

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Congress cuts $40M for spinal injury research for veterans, threatening Wisconsin research Advocates for patients with spinal cord injuries are raising alarm over a $40 million research program they said was quietly cut from a Department of Defense office that funds medical research.

Congress cuts $40M for spinal injury research for veterans, threatening Wisconsin research
A program funded by the US Department of Defense was one of 23 not renewed this year.

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On March 15th, Congress passed a bill which eliminated arguably the most effective SCI Research program in the world.

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Thank you!!!

Collateral Damage (Episode 119) We are interrupting our regularly scheduled programming with this update on a major setback for SCI research. On March 15th, Congress eliminated an effective Spinal Cord Injury Research program...

Worth a listen, new podcast from @u2fp.bsky.social with Dr. Andy Taylor on the recently disbanded $40M DoD spinal cord injury research program.

This was a unique program which ensured people impacted by SCI were helping make funding decisions based on community priorities.

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Mobilizing Our Community We are continuing to mobilize our community to fight back against the elimination of the federal government's Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP)...

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We are continuing to mobilize our community to fight back against the cuts to the Defense Department's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) which led to the zeroing out of the $40 million for the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP).

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Still time? We must urge lawmakers to reinstate the full CDMRP funding. This can happen through a legislative
"vehicle", such as an amendment or bill.

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The Bird’s Nest Cafe in Estes Park, CO is hosting a Fundraising Gala and Silent Auction to benefit U2FP!   

Money raised from ticket sales and auction items goes directly to UF2FP’s work to accelerate treatments and functional recovery research.

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Register with Team U2FP for the Twin Cities Marathon Consider joining Team U2FP this year for the 2025 Twin Cities Marathon or 10-Mile race - registration is now open!

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Looking forward to our 20th Annual Science and Advocacy Symposium for a long time. It is a moment to mark the birth of Unite 2 Fight Paralysis as an organization, and the beginning of a new wave of involvement and advocacy for curative therapies led by the SCI community.

We recently interviewed Jason Biundo, a lived-experience graduate student at Harvard Medical School. We begin our conversation exploring how Jason’s injury influenced his educational trajectory and priorities.

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We discuss the role of Testosterone in humans, why the presence of this critical hormone may subside after spinal cord injury, and how it might be linked to motor function recovery after.

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Our $5M SCI Research Grant bill is being introduced this week in the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate by our legislative champions, Representative Paul Tittl and Senator Van Wanggaard! We have a 10-day window, please help we are so close!

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Want to score a pair of brand new Adidas?! Fill out our Advocate Survey by this Friday, February 7 - and you’ll be eligible to win a new pair of Adidas shoes!

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Our guest today is the answer to that question. Dr. James St John and his team at Griffiths University, supported and encouraged by SCI advocates there, are moving forward.

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