by Kelsey Peterson — U2FP contributing writer & filmmaker Originally published Aug 16, 2021 Last March, I finally made it to Maui after years of feeling called to her. I had planned to move there in the winter of 2012–13, but then I got injured. …

by Sam Maddox — Scientific Advisory Board Director Originally published Aug 2, 2021 Save the date: this year’s Symposium is October 22 and 23 in Salt Lake City, Utah. You can view the current agenda here , our speaker lineup here , and hotel info here . …

by Matthew Rodreick — Executive Director, U2FP It’s past time that we circled back to let you know that a little less than a month ago, Minnesota’s Governor, Tim Walz, signed the portion of the budget that has restored our $6 million SCI/TBI Research Grant Program. Salute! At the beginning…

by Sam Maddox — Scientific Advisory Board Director, U2FP This is the second in a series of articles with background and context for the 2021 Unite 2 Fight Paralysis Annual Science and Advocacy Symposium. …

by Sam Maddox — Scientific Advisory Board Director, U2FP Unite 2 Fight Paralysis Annual Science and Advocacy Symposium is the best way to find out about the science to heal the injured spinal cord. …

by Sam Maddox, SAB Director — U2FP A clinical trial is currently underway to see if newly injured people with spinal cord injuries improve their recovery by modifying their diets. In earlier experiments, switching paralyzed animals to a high fat, low carbohydrate diet improved their recovery. How about trying this…

by Sam Maddox — Scientific Advisory Board Director, U2FP Ok, you probably heard about this or saw the video clip of the monkey playing a computer game with his brain. The headline is from Forbes. Note the first red flag: revolutionize. This word never adds up to anything but bait…

by Jake Beckstrom — Manager, Cure Advocacy Network Here’s a great piece highlighting the work of our Cure Advocacy Network in Wisconsin, featuring advocate John Martinson, and including U2FP’s Matthew Rodreick and Rep. Jimmy Anderson. Wisconsin man fights to cure spinal cord injuries RIO, Wis. - A Columbia County man is hoping to inspire Wisconsin lawmakers to approve funding in the next budget for…spectrumnews1.com

by Matthew Rodreick — Executive Director, U2FP Jason and Matthew talk with U2FP’s Scientific Advisory Board Director, Sam Maddox, about U2FP’s new Headline Patrol and how to read the news about SCI research. Headlines and media coverage of research can often be misleading. Sam talks about his years following and…