Health Professional Radio - Podcast

Most people who suffer a stroke aren’t treated in time to prevent long-term and often permanent effects on speech, cognition and motor function. Dr. Shahid Nimjee, MD, PhD, a neurosurgeon at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center discusses a study providing hope for unprecedented stroke recovery by "retraining" skin cells to become blood vessel cells to help repair damage to brain tissue. Researchers studied the process in mice and found that those treated with this innovative cell therapy regained 90% of their motor function. MRI imaging showed damaged areas of the brain were repaired within a few weeks.  The study is published in the journal "Science Advances".(March 19, 2021) Shahid Nimjee, MD, PhD, is a neurosurgeon specializing in open and endovascular neurosurgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Dr. Nimjee's research focuses on exploiting the properties of RNA biology to better diagnose and treat thromboembolic disease as it pertains to cerebrovascular neurosurgery and