Starting nonprofit for spinal cord injury research
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My name is Tim Kimball. I've been a quadriplegic for nearly 30 years. I was injured in a nightclub when I was randomly attacked by a group of men that left me paralyzed from the neck down. When I was first injured, I was told:
"you will never walk again. There is no cure. Don't even hope for one because repairing the spinal cord is impossible"
But, things have changed since that time. A cure for paralysis is no longer thought to be impossible. There have been many studies that show that recovery of function following a spinal cord injury is possible. However, progress has been slow.
The good news is: things are beginning to heat up in the search for a cure. We are learning that, while it is a very complex problem, it is not impossible. Scientists are following many different lines of inquiry and some of them offer tantalizing clues that a cure may be found in the near future.
This is all very exciting. Over the years, I have heard about these things. And they have given me hope. But the road from basic science, to human trials, to having a viable treatment is a long and arduous road. There are many pitfalls.
1. Lack of funding can grind progress to a halt.
2. Researchers have expressed some difficulty in getting people with spinal cord injuries to participate in clinical trials.
The purpose of this campaign is to raise money to pay for the legal costs associated with the formation of a nonprofit organization whose goal is to raise money for spinal cord injury research and to provide grants to people suffering from spinal cord injuries so that they can participate in clinical trials that will help to progress the science towards a cure.
"you will never walk again. There is no cure. Don't even hope for one because repairing the spinal cord is impossible"
But, things have changed since that time. A cure for paralysis is no longer thought to be impossible. There have been many studies that show that recovery of function following a spinal cord injury is possible. However, progress has been slow.
The good news is: things are beginning to heat up in the search for a cure. We are learning that, while it is a very complex problem, it is not impossible. Scientists are following many different lines of inquiry and some of them offer tantalizing clues that a cure may be found in the near future.
This is all very exciting. Over the years, I have heard about these things. And they have given me hope. But the road from basic science, to human trials, to having a viable treatment is a long and arduous road. There are many pitfalls.
1. Lack of funding can grind progress to a halt.
2. Researchers have expressed some difficulty in getting people with spinal cord injuries to participate in clinical trials.
The purpose of this campaign is to raise money to pay for the legal costs associated with the formation of a nonprofit organization whose goal is to raise money for spinal cord injury research and to provide grants to people suffering from spinal cord injuries so that they can participate in clinical trials that will help to progress the science towards a cure.
Organizer
Tim Kimball
Organizer
Tampa, FL