FDA Approved First Schwann Cell Transplant performed by Miami Project Doctors January 23, 2013 – Doctors at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, performed the first-ever Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Schwann cell transplantation in a patient with a new spinal cord…
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September 11, 2012 – NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League owners, has awarded more than $1.5 million in grants to support sports-related medical research at 15 organizations, including the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the NFL announced today. Of these grants, more than $950,000 will…
September 1, 2012 – U.S. Senate Resolution 531, introduced by Senator Marco Rubio of Florida designates September 2012 as “National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month”. This designation is especially timely given the progress being made toward a cure for spinal cord injury at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. “I am incredibly grateful to Senator Rubio…
Phase 1 Clinical Trial Represents New Hope for Treating Spinal Cord Injury July 31, 2012 — The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has received permission from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a revolutionary Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the safety…
Including Renewal of 39-Year-Old Schwann Cell Grant July 19, 2012 – Mary Bartlett Bunge, Ph.D., and colleagues, recently learned that the Bunge-Wood-Monje Laboratory’s 39-year old NIH grant to investigate Schwann cell biology and transplantation would be funded for another five years. To commemorate the rare milestone, Bunge’s colleagues gathered in the Lois Pope LIFE Center on…
Summertime’s Increased Risk for Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries July 2012— As summertime kicks into high gear so does the occurrence of serious brain and spinal cord injuries among children and adolescents, warn leading doctors at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The…
Grant to Create Database for Nerve Regeneration and Protection July 2012—With the ultimate goal of accelerating the discovery of drugs to regenerate or protect nerves after spinal cord injury, Miller School researchers have received a $2.5 million grant to develop a novel database to enable neuroscientists to search the voluminous and growing number of studies…
Miami Project Researcher Honored as Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences June 14, 2012 —Twenty-two of the nation’s most innovative young researchers, including Dr. Kevin Park assistant professor, Department of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, were named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts today. The Scholars join…
Dr. Kevin Park Co-Authors in NATURE Journal December 15, 2011 – Researcher Dr. Kevin Park, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and colleagues, today published a manuscript in the preeminent journal Nature, that demonstrates the deletion of two genes, phosphatase and…
December 2011 — Supporting charitable causes at holiday time is a tradition for many. Motivations for giving are unique, but there are many universal benefits for both the donor and the charity they support. As the holidays draw near, and tax season just around the corner, The Miami Project is offering some important advice about…