Conquer Paralysis Now

Conquer Paralysis Now is a leading authority on spinal cord injury research and treatment. Were backed by an international coalition of doctors, research scientists and business leaders who share a singular goal: Finding a cure for paralysis. CPN started in 2000 as the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation. The founders original intent was to fund research and provide advocacy and programming for SCI patients and their families. Though SSPF achieved many successes over the next decade, the ultimate goal remained elusive: a cure. In 2012, SSPF began investigating what it would take to turn the dream of finding a cure into a reality. It became clear that a paradigm shift was needed to reward and accelerate scientific progress. Research teams would need to share breakthroughs and failures openly. Collaboration between unlikely partners in fields like engineering, biology and business would be a critical part of the endeavor. Over the next two years, an international team of researc...