Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
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The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is a research center dedicated to research in the field of paralysis and spinal cord injury, with the eventual object of finding a cure for paralyzing injuries. Based at the University of Miami School of Medicine, it is considered a world leader in neurological injury research.
The center was founded in 1985 by a group consisting of one research physician and three people who had dealt with spinal cord injuries. The best-known of the group to the general public was Pro Football Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti, whose son Marc had just suffered a paralyzing spinal cord injury in a football game. Other major supporters of the center include music superstar Gloria Estefan and the Lynyrd Skynyrd band, whose late former guitarist, Allen Collins, had been paralyzed in a car accident. Superman actor Christopher Reeve was treated there.
