
International Spinal Cord Injury Biobank
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International Spinal Cord Injury Biobank
@SCI_Biobank
ISCIB was established to procure specimens & data from individuals who suffer a spinal cord injury. ISCIB materials are made available for future research.




Watch new video from our #podcast series "Wizards of Biobanking". Adam Velenosi, Anastasia Dropol, & Naveen karduri from Uni of British Columbia talk about their biobank, types of #biospecimens they store, & various aspects of #biobanking openspecimen.org/biobanking/pod… @UBC @SCI_Biobank

2023 marks the 20th anniversary of VCHRI. Join us on May 9 as we celebrate groundbreaking research discoveries that have transformed health care delivery in British Columbia & beyond. Register to attend: vchri.ca/events/20years #VCHRI20Years @VCHhealthcare @UBCmedicine

















Extracellular histones, a new class of inhibitory molecules of CNS axonal regeneration. academic.oup.com/braincomms/art… Video:youtube.com/watch?v=eaYO-K…

In this issue of The Spin: Bruce Cook's TV series that invites those with #SCI to realize their dreams like he did after his injury, a lobby to improve airline travel for #wheelchair users, Dr. Jaimie Borisoff's #freewheel & even more! Check it out here: sci-bc.ca/stories/spin-m…



Today at @ISCoSmeetings Day 2, look out for the poster on "Establishing the World's First International, Poly-User Spinal Cord Injury Biobank." Learn more about the @SCI_Biobank at the #ISCoS2021 & check out ISCIB’s newly launched website at sci-biobank.org.

Finally out! We compared 10 different lesion models in mice and 4 human CNS pathologies and found: Pericyte-derived fibrotic scarring is conserved across diverse central nervous system lesions | Nature Communications #citeas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/s4146…

