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Unite 2 Fight Paralysis
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Empowering the international spinal cord injury community— education & advocacy supporting paralysis research!
Functional recovery to a cure! ♿️🗣
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The reporting covers a small clinical trial in Brazil, led by Tatiana Coelho de Sampaio, a scientist at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

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Headline Patrol: Brazilians Break On Through
Here's a recent spinal cord injury headline about a bemusing Brazilian clickbrick.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
U2FP’s 20th Annual Science & Advocacy Symposium is happening on February 15 - 17, 2026 in Washington, D.C. and we’re excited to once again announce the inclusion of a poster session at this year’s conference!

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November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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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September 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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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#scirecovery #scireseaech #scitrials #scistudies #scirehabilitation
September 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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August 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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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July 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I have good news - thanks to your support, we have preserved the Minnesota SCI/TBI Research Grant program!

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June 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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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June 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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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May 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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.
April 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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April 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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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Restore SCI Funding - Add Your Voice!
Call on Congress to restore funding to Spinal Cord Injury Research Program for our troops and our nation!
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April 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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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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.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
On March 15th, Congress passed a bill which eliminated arguably the most effective SCI Research program in the world.

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April 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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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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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...
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April 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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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April 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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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March 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
March 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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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March 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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.
March 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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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March 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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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February 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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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February 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM