U2FP CureCast

Matthew Rodreick & Jason Stoffer
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Unite 2 Fight Paralysis exists to unite and empower the international spinal cord injury community to cure paralysis through advocacy, education, and support for research. Get Educated and Get Involved.

  1. Collateral Damage (Episode 119)

    MAR 31

    Collateral Damage (Episode 119)

    This is our version of a special bulletin. And we are interrupting our regularly scheduled programming with this update on a major setback for SCI research. On March 15th, Congress passed a bill which eliminated arguably the most effective Spinal Cord Injury Research program in the world... More info: https://u2fp.org/get-educated/curecast/episode-119.html

    57 min
  2. What's the Holdup? - Part 2 (Episode 118)

    MAR 19

    What's the Holdup? - Part 2 (Episode 118)

    Welcome back to our second episode in this three-part series about the barriers to progress in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. We’re once again joined by neurosurgeon, researcher and lived-experience advocate, Dr. Kent New. In this episode, we discuss the problems associated with preclinical, as well as early- and late-stage clinical trials. If you missed it, you can ... More info: https://u2fp.org/get-educated/curecast/episode-118.html

    1h 7m
  3. What's the Holdup? - Part 1 (Episode 117)

    MAR 6

    What's the Holdup? - Part 1 (Episode 117)

    Today’s conversation is the first in a three part series with Dr. Kent New on the barriers to progress for SCI treatments. Kent is a neurosurgeon and researcher who was educated at Georgetown and Duke Universities. His career led him to brain tumor research and clinical practice at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida and then to overseeing clinical research at Ascension St. Vincent’s Hospital. In 2014 Kent suffered a C6 level spinal cord injury from a motor vehicle accident. He is uniquely qualified through his... More info: https://u2fp.org/get-educated/curecast/episode-117.html

    1h 1m
  4. Back to School (Episode 116)

    FEB 18

    Back to School (Episode 116)

    Today I’m talking with Jason Biundo. Jason is a lived-experience graduate student at Harvard Medical School. He earned a dual degree in Neuroscience and Biology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. It's worth noting that some of that degree was earned from a hospital bed while recovering from his spinal cord injury at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Beyond this, Jason is a personal friend of ours and U2FP advocate. We begin our conversation exploring... More info: https://u2fp.org/get-educated/curecast/episode-116.html

    59 min
  5. Mr. T (Episode 115)

    FEB 7

    Mr. T (Episode 115)

    Today we’re talking with Dr. Jacob Goldsmith. Jacob is a research scientist at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Our conversation will explore the interesting relationship between Testosterone and Spinal Cord Injury. More info: https://u2fp.org/get-educated/curecast/episode-115.html

    55 min
  6. On the Nose? (Episode 114)

    JAN 21

    On the Nose? (Episode 114)

    In Chapter 8 of Kate Willette’s advocacy bible, “Don’t Call it a Miracle,” she tells us the story of a human cell with special, regenerative characteristics. A cell that, although not a stem cell, perpetually repairs and replaces neural tissue throughout our life. It's called an olfactory ensheathing cell (OEC) or glia (OEG). Parts of the story seemed like the wild west with questionable scientists taking some risky chances, pulling cells out of people's noses and injecting them into their spinal cords, leading to catastrophe. Other, more conservative scientists were doing work that resulted in almost unbelievable results in... More info: https://u2fp.org/get-educated/curecast/episode-114.html

    1h 8m
  7. Surfing for Stem Cells, Part 2 (Episode 113)

    JAN 10

    Surfing for Stem Cells, Part 2 (Episode 113)

    We’re back with round two of stem cells and their application to Spinal Cord Injury, with our tour guide, Alina Garbuzov. In this episode, we wrap up our overview of stem cell types, sources and potential uses in spinal cord injury. We also field some listener questions from part 1 and talk about the work that Alina is doing at the Mark Tuszynski Lab at UCSD. We realized after the fact that these two conversations are... More info: https://u2fp.org/get-educated/curecast/episode-113.html

    1h 13m
  8. Surfing for Stem Cells (Episode 112)

    12/11/2024

    Surfing for Stem Cells (Episode 112)

    This is the first in a two-part series covering the role of stem cells in spinal cord injury with Dr. Alina Garbuzov. Along with the experience she brings as a person living with an SCI, Alina is a researcher, working in the Mark Tuszynski Lab at the Center for Neural Repair at the University of California, San Diego. Today's conversation is part one, where we introduce Alina and learn about her... More info: https://u2fp.org/get-educated/curecast/episode-112.html

    1h 14m
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    Unite 2 Fight Paralysis exists to unite and empower the international spinal cord injury community to cure paralysis through advocacy, education, and support for research. Get Educated and Get Involved.

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    • Creator
      Matthew Rodreick & Jason Stoffer
    • Years Active
      2018 - 2025
    • Episodes
      122
    • Rating
      Explicit
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