Our research project focuses on non-embryonic / non-fetal stem cell treatments to repair spinal cord injury
SCI Research Advancement is a foundation consisting of paraplegics, quadriplegics, family, and friends that have come together to fund a research team to bring spinal cord regeneration to humans as quickly as possible.
Of the approximate $20 billion dollars spent annually on SCI care, (such as wheelchairs, medical supplies, and 24-hour care for some) less than $100 million dollars or 1% of this money goes to "cure" research. The vast majority of this money supports research that has no mandate, incentive, or guidelines to actually help paraplegics and quadriplegics regain substantial function.
Of the approximate $20 billion dollars spent annually on SCI care, (such as wheelchairs, medical supplies, and 24-hour care for some) less than $100 million dollars or 1% of this money goes to "cure" research. The vast majority of this money supports research that has no mandate, incentive, or guidelines to actually help paraplegics and quadriplegics regain substantial function.
Meet the Team
President & Founder: Will Ambler
Paralyzed in a motorcycle accident in 1992. Formed SCI Research Advancement in 1997 in an effort to change the mantra of "Publish or Perish" to a new mantra of "Produce of Perish", for researchers to produce human clinical trials or stop receiving funding.
Board of Directors
Chairman:
Will Ambler- President and founder of SCI Research Advancement. Co-creator of the experimental research protocol tested in the laboratory of scientists at University of Alabama at Birmingham and Wayne State University.
Directors:
Dennis Law- Dennis D. Law is a principal with the law firm Andre, Morris, & Buttery, and a member of the Civil Litigation and the Environmental Land Use Practice Groups. Law is a trial attorney with extensive jury trial experience and is also President of the Central Coast Motorcycle Association. His son, Jerome, was paralyzed in an accident in 2002.
Tom Bordonaro, Jr.- San Luis Obispo County Assessor, former Republican California State Assemblyman who served from 1994-1998. Paralyzed in 1978.
Pamela Dozois- Former editor of the Santa Ynez Valley News and current freelancer for the Santa Ynez Valley Star.
Al Price- Former biology teacher and current small business owner in San Luis Obispo County. His son, Tom, was paralyzed in an accident in 1997.
Medical Advisor- Tony Howe M.D.
SCI Manager- Devyn Marseilles