is also exploring the effects of good versus. bad fats on memory, as well as how gut health affects nerve function in both the brain and peripheral nerves. Using the knowledge gained from her ALS stem-cell research, Feldman is developing a similar stem-cell therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, which, if approved, would be the first in-human clinical trial of its kind in medical history. Sources A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute The University of Michigan Health System The American Neurological Association References External links PubMed Publications See also University of Michigan Medicine Biography Living people American Jews American neurologists Earlham College alumni Physicians from New York City Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters alumni University of Michigan faculty University of Michigan Medical School alumni Scientists from New York (state) Year of birth missing (living people) Women neurologists 20th-century American physicians 20th-century American women physicians 21st-century American physicians 21st-century American women physicians American women academics Members of the National Academy of Medicine