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A $2.2 million (£1.4m) grant has been donated to a spinal cord injury program, potentially bringing hope to those with the condition.

The University of Louisville and Frazier Rehab Institute are to establish a new program to broaden their research and care in spinal cord injury cases.

Scientists are to also conduct evidence-based research on a drug commonly prescribed to spinal cord injury patients, and will enrol patients in a national database designed to standardise and improve care methods.

The grant was awarded through the National Institute on Disability and Rehababilitation Research, and is to apply to patients in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee.

Dr Daniel Graves, who is to be the principle investigator on the grant, told the courier-journal.com: "The model system designation is only a beginning - it’s the foundation on which you lay your research."

This follows news of a new Center for Spinal Cord Injury, which was opened on July 15th by Roper Rehabilitation Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Medical Center, Carolinas Rehabilitation and the SC Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund.

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