Dealing with disability

Illness and disease could strike any one of us at any time. We’re taking real steps to find ways to prevent disability or improve recovery from disabling conditions like stroke, spinal cord injury or blindness by funding a range of cutting-edge research projects.

Previous research

Why do people lose their sight to AMD?

Date: 1 January 2008 - 30 April 2011

The splice of life – insights into genetic disease

Date: 30 April 2007 - 30 April 2010

Spinal cord injury: repairing torn nerve fibres

Date: 18 September 2009 - 17 February 2010

Could vitamin D help cure eye infections and prevent blindness?

Date: 1 November 2007 - 31 October 2009

Detecting eye disease before blindness sets in.

Date: 1 November 2007 - 31 October 2009

From paralysis to osteoporosis – keeping bones strong

Date: 1 October 2006 - 30 September 2009

Research Training Fellowship: Dr Valerie Saw.

Date: 17 July 2006 - 16 July 2009