Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and Parkinson’s disease. They might also help treat central nervous system (CNS) damage from injury or infection. “I treat patients who have permanent neurological deficits, and they have to deal with debilitating symptoms every day, “says Dr.
Benjamin Segal, professor and chair of the Department of Neurology at The Ohio State College of Medicine and co-director of the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center’s Neurological Institute. “So the idea of being able to restore neurological function and take that burden away from my patients is really amazing.”Funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Wings of Life Foundation (C.Y.), and the Dr.