2.5 million people worldwide are victims of a spinal cord injury, with well over 130,000 new cases added every year. Loss of the use of limbs, control of bowel/bladder, lack of sexual function, the inability to breathe plus untreatable neuropathic pain, spasticity and the threat of infection, make life a battle for survival. Not just a physical and psychological battle, but a financial battle too with a lifetime estimate between $438,000 - $1,350,000 per individual depending on level of injury.
Enough Waiting Science is ready to move this mountain of paralysis. It has proven that a damaged cord can be regenerated. But without sufficient funding it cannot deliver a cure. Action We need you to urge your President, your Government leaders and their respective health legislators to fund spinal cord research and make paralysis a curable condition.
Please sign our petition!
HELP US MOVE THIS MOUNTAIN
2.5 million people worldwide are victims of a spinal cord injury, with well over 130,000 new cases added every year. Loss of the use of limbs, control of bowel/bladder, lack of sexual function, the inability to breathe plus untreatable neuropathic pain, spasticity and the threat of infection, make life a battle for survival. Not just a physical and psychological battle, but a financial battle too with a lifetime estimate between $438,000 - $1,350,000 per individual depending on level of injury.
Enough Waiting Science is ready to move this mountain of paralysis. It has proven that a damaged cord can be regenerated. But without sufficient funding it cannot deliver a cure. Action We need you to urge your President, your Government leaders and their respective health legislators to fund spinal cord research and make paralysis a curable condition.
Please sign our petition!
There is something that everyone can do today to stop the devastation caused by spinal cord injury. Prominent researchers have proven that a damaged spinal cord can now be regenerated. A cure is imminent. Investment in continuing this research and taking it to clinical trials will result in reversing paralysis in those millions already injured, and save those in the future from ever having to suffer such a fate. This vital work of getting the research from lab to clinic will also benefit those suffering from many other neurodegenerative conditions as well as diabetes, cancer, multiple sclerosis .... the list is long. Each of us lives an illness or accident away from disability. You, the government, have it in your power to change that.
We, the undersigned, urge you to ensure that funding is in place to take valuable cure research from success in the lab to cure in the clinic. Millions will be thankful that you did.
We signed the "Signatures for Spinal Cord Research" petition!
# 7,071:
6:29 pm PST, Nov 20,Lynn Barbato, New York
# 7,070:
9:21 am PST, Nov 20,Amit Levi, Israel
I'm paraplegic from 09/04/2009 injury: T-5
I had a motorcycle accident very hard I broke two vertebrae in the back since I confined to a wheelchair
# 7,069:
7:09 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 7,068:
5:09 pm PST, Nov 19,Mariane Hinds, Indiana
My son has been paralyzed for 9 years. He lost his 20's. I don't want him to lose his 30's as well.
# 7,067:
3:40 pm PST, Nov 18,Mikal Dickey, Minnesota
# 7,066:
1:22 pm PST, Nov 18,PAJEAN Danièle, Turkey
Paraplégiques et téraplégiques, visitez le site de notre association "Neurogelenmarche.org". Vous verrez qu'il est possible de vous guérir et de vous faire remarcher quelque soit l'ancienneté de votre traumatisme. Grace au Neurogel, un chat a retrouvé une marche coordonnée 9 mois après un double sectionnement de moelle épinière. Actuellement, notre association vient de terminer les essais pré cilniques sur les annimaux et les résultats positifs nous poussent à l'implantation du neurogel (matrice de croissance) sur l'homme dès que nous aurons trouvé l'argent nécessaire. Nous avons des patients volontaires,le neurochirurgien, la clinique, le produit, il ne nous manque pour l'instant que les finances pour réaliser cette première mondiale prévue au cours de l'année 2010.
# 7,065:
1:14 pm PST, Nov 18,Lawrence Gross, Texas
# 7,064:
12:49 pm PST, Nov 18,Carolyn Martin, Texas
# 7,063:
12:43 pm PST, Nov 18,PAJEAN ROLAND, France
Pour l'essai du NEUROGEL qui est le gel de l'espoire
# 7,062:
12:23 pm PST, Nov 18,Mary Anne Barrow, Texas
For my dear friend Jack Ward, Jr.
# 7,061:
11:53 am PST, Nov 18,Jack Ward Jr., Louisiana
I've been paralyzed now for 23 yrs. I'm 39 now. I'm a C6-C7 quad. Everyday has been a struggle to keep fighting on and striving for hope that someday there will be a cure for paralysis. Well finally THAT day has arrived but without sufficient funding for stem cell research I and others like myself will continue to sit in our wheelchairs and watch life pass before us. Please lets get this done now and stop wasting time!
# 7,060:
10:22 am PST, Nov 18,Krystal Bailey, South Dakota
# 7,059:
10:02 am PST, Nov 18,Mallori Pherson, Minnesota
# 7,058:
10:01 am PST, Nov 18,Evan Dickey, Minnesota
# 7,057:
9:34 am PST, Nov 18,Abby Johnson, Minnesota
# 7,056:
9:30 am PST, Nov 18,David Zacks, Pennsylvania
# 7,055:
6:04 pm PST, Nov 17,Sue Baldowski, New Jersey
# 7,054:
12:15 pm PST, Nov 17,Beth Aughenbaugh, Minnesota
I have a great uncle, Leo, who has been a paraplegic for a good portion of his life. I've never known him any other way in my 22 years of life. As a little girl, I always loved to see my uncle, even though he couldn't do the things with me that my other family members could. But now that I'm getting older I see what toll this has taken on his life. The fact of the matter is, Leo has a spirit and love for life that not many people I know have. He hasn't given up. He isn't bitter. But he deserves something more. I imagine if my uncle could have taken me fishing, or thrown a softball around with me. What could it have been like for Leo to throw me up on his shoulders and run me around the yard, standing up to hug me when I entered a room.
Leo deserves that. The idea that he has gone without it so long, saddens me to my core. The point is that Leo doesn't need to be able to do those things to make him an amazing uncle and person. But he deserves to have it. Please, help Leo, and the many who are like him experience all of the things that they should be able to in their one lifetime they've been granted.
# 7,053:
12:03 pm PST, Nov 14,Hend Ajam, Tunisia
# 7,052:
1:57 am PST, Nov 14,Kenza Kadmiry, California
PARALYSIS IS CURED! If you want it. I know I do, along with ENOUGH others for this cause to be funded and action to be taken.
# 7,051:
12:35 pm PST, Nov 12,Blaise Sandra, France
tous unis pour une bonne cause
# 7,050:
10:46 am PST, Nov 11,James Schickel, Utah
# 7,049:
10:26 am PST, Nov 11,Amy Ashby, Utah
# 7,048:
5:48 am PST, Nov 8,Gerald & Judith Misekow, Michigan
Let's use our modern metods for the betterment of all people.
# 7,047:
11:29 pm PST, Nov 7,John Gaits, Australia
Needs to happen.
# 7,046:
1:29 pm PST, Nov 6,Angela Mc Millin, California
# 7,045:
12:58 pm PST, Nov 3,Seva Lipski, Israel
# 7,044:
9:57 am PST, Nov 3,Name not displayed, France
# 7,043:
8:02 am PST, Nov 3,Elaine Freyling, California
# 7,042:
8:23 pm PDT, Oct 31,Diane Nocco, Massachusetts
I'm signing for everyone inflicted and their loved ones. I would like to be a part of the cure.
# 7,041:
10:14 am PDT, Oct 29,Jennifer Valdez, California
# 7,040:
2:29 am PDT, Oct 28,Name not displayed, Romania
why to wait? let's move things faster into same direction and same scope.
# 7,039:
1:11 pm PDT, Oct 26,Michael Gowan, Michigan
# 7,038:
7:16 pm PDT, Oct 20,Heidi Coon, Michigan
On October 4th my brother was injured his spinal cord and is paralyzed from his waist down. Please help support this cause!!!!
# 7,037:
3:14 pm PDT, Oct 20,Mark Higgon, United Kingdom
# 7,036:
2:05 pm PDT, Oct 20,Micaela Nofsinger, Colorado
Spinal cord injuries steal parts of people's lives. Funding should be given to spinal cord research to give people back the portion of their life that has been taken from them.
# 7,035:
5:39 pm PDT, Oct 19,Jack Schulte, Missouri
# 7,034:
9:58 am PDT, Oct 17,Terri Yildirim, Illinois
# 7,033:
12:15 pm PDT, Oct 14,Name not displayed, Georgia
To: Government leaders and health legislators worldwide
"There is something that everyone can do today to stop the devastation caused by spinal cord injury. Prominent researchers have proven that a damaged spinal cord can now be regenerated. A cure for paralysis is imminent. Investment in continuing this research and taking it to clinical trials will result in reversing paralysis in those millions already injured, and save those in the future from ever having to suffer such a fate.
This vital work of getting the research from lab to clinic will also benefit those suffering from many other neurogenerative conditions as well as those with diabetes, cancer, multiple sclerosis.....the list is long.
Each of us lives an illness or accident away from disability. You, the government, have it in your power to change that.
We, the undersigned, come together urging you to ensure that funding is in place to take valuable research from success in the lab to cure in the clinic. Millions will be thankful that you did."
# 7,032:
5:33 pm PDT, Oct 13,Mary Beth Kolter, Indiana
# 7,031:
9:02 am PDT, Oct 12,Name not displayed, New York
This is for my cousin ryan
# 7,030:
4:57 am PDT, Oct 10,Adam Rijkaard, United Kingdom
# 7,029:
10:04 pm PDT, Oct 9,Lora Colby, Indiana
# 7,028:
3:08 pm PDT, Oct 9,Camilla Johannessen, Norway
Dont give up, people!
# 7,027:
9:00 am PDT, Oct 9,Name not displayed, New York
# 7,026:
5:39 am PDT, Oct 9,Gard Stokke, Norway
# 7,025:
2:46 pm PDT, Oct 8,E Gallagher, New York
# 7,024:
2:07 pm PDT, Oct 8,Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 7,023:
7:10 am PDT, Oct 8,Elizabeth Crecelius, New Jersey
Hi I am a nursing student and I have a dear friend who is a quadrapalegic. He is the hardest worker I have ever met and he deserves the quality of life that Spinal Cord research could provide. Stem cell research especially embryonic could save millions of lives! Everyone will either have a loved one with a disease or even have a disease at some point in their lives that embryonic stem cell research could help! Think about your loved ones and sign this petition!
# 7,022:
7:01 am PDT, Oct 8,Clare Nugent, New York
# 7,021:
5:40 am PDT, Oct 8,Irene Pecoraro, New York
# 7,020:
2:46 am PDT, Oct 8,Nick Hadzinikolov, Pennsylvania
# 7,019:
6:14 pm PDT, Oct 7,Richard Pecoraro, New Jersey
# 7,018:
6:41 am PDT, Oct 6,Brandon Larson, Michigan
# 7,017:
1:38 am PDT, Oct 6,Chris Barksdale, Japan
# 7,016:
7:31 pm PDT, Oct 3,Lacey Andrews-jackson, Oklahoma
please help
# 7,015:
8:08 am PDT, Oct 2,Christina Kukelhaus, Pennsylvania
# 7,014:
8:53 am PDT, Oct 1,Julian Wiskemann, Germany
# 7,013:
5:46 am PDT, Sep 30,Jean Lyons, New Jersey
# 7,012:
4:32 pm PDT, Sep 29,David Lotz, Ohio
# 7,011:
11:41 am PDT, Sep 29,Diane Parus, New York
# 7,010:
11:22 am PDT, Sep 28,Marcia Zupan, Ohio
# 7,009:
11:20 am PDT, Sep 28,Ruth Kreiger, New York
Although we are in a bad economic state, we have a moral imperative to fund spinal cord research and help injured people become more productive citizens with a reasonable quality of life. Please help.
# 7,008:
11:23 am PDT, Sep 27,Jennifer Hart, Ohio
I am a physical therapist assistant and work with two young men effected with a spinal cord injury. I see there struggles everyday! I support spinal cord injury research.
# 7,007:
5:26 am PDT, Sep 27,Name not displayed, Ohio
# 7,006:
5:10 am PDT, Sep 26,Daniel Kanipe, Kentucky
# 7,005:
4:54 am PDT, Sep 26,Michelle Hornig, Ohio
# 7,004:
5:42 pm PDT, Sep 25,Susan Richter, Indiana
Science is ready to move this mountain of paralysis. It has proven that a damaged cord can be regenerated. But without sufficient funding it cannot deliver a cure.
Please, support this research with appropriate funding and help sufferers lead more normal lives.
