Column of Hope is pleased to announce the awarding of a $100,000 follow-on grant to continue the advancement of the research progress made by Dr. Marcus Stoodley’s team in Sydney, Australia. COH’s sponsored research has made unprecedented progress in the last eighteen months. The following link will take you to seven journal articles published in 2012 and 2013: COH Research 2012-13. COH’s efforts are focused in two main areas. The first arm of our research is to solve the 470 year mystery of the mechanism by which Chiari malformation, arachnoiditis, and other CSF flow interruptions result in syringomyelia. As I stated at the 2012 “Working Toward a Day Without Pain” Gala, Column of Hope’s research has made more progress in the last five years than all of the studies in the previous 465 years. The second major arm of our research addresses post-traumatic syringomyelia. Nearly 30% of spinal cord injury patients develop SM. These syrinxes can be particularly insidious. Dr. Stoodley announced a major breakthrough in October 2012 at COH’s first annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) conference. His team has had success in reducing the size of a post-traumatic syrinx non-surgically, by introducing a substance to increase the body’s own natural defenses. We hope to formally present this study for major publication later this year. Column of Hope is reaching out to the international, clinical and scientific communities focused on CM and SM. We hope these efforts will produce tangible results that we can announce within a year. Remember to save the date, October 26, 2013, for the Eleventh Annual “Working Toward a Day Without Pain” Gala. If you are interested in attending, volunteering or donating auction items please contact Barbara at [email protected].
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 04:22:21 +0000
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