{"id":637,"date":"2022-10-28T15:42:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T15:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christopherreeve.org\/?page_id=637"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:34:44","slug":"research-priorities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christopherreeve.org\/tomorrows-cure\/approach-to-research\/research-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Research Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><section class=\"u-padding--top--10 u-padding--bottom--10 bg--light-grey\">\n    <div class=\"o-container \">\n\n<div class=\"o-grid \" id=\"\">\n\n    <div class=\"o-grid__col u-1\/2@md u-text-left o-grid__col--text\">\n        <p>The Reeve Foundation serves as a catalyst at this critical moment in SCI research progress, uniting academia, industry, and the community in a new model of collaboration to accelerate the discovery and development of promising treatments that are finally within reach.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1982, we have invested more than $145 million in research around the world to unite the brightest minds in the field to achieve our ultimate pursuit \u2013 cures for spinal cord injury. 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The Reeve Foundation is currently raising funds to underwrite novel clinical trials focused on combinatorial therapies, brain-machine interface-facilitated neurorecovery, new uses for approved drugs that may speed the translational research pathway, and more.   <\/p>\n<p><button class=\"c-button c-button--red  donate__trigger\">donate<\/button><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"o-grid__col u-1\/2@md o-grid__col--image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christopherreeve.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spinalcordgraphic1050x920.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"image--square\">\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"o-angle o-angle--top bg--light-grey\">\n    <div class=\"o-clip--white\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><section class=\"u-padding--top--100 white\">\n    <div class=\"o-container \">\n\n\n<div 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