Nerves conduct electrical signals to the arms and legs.
When this doesn't work properly, it is called neuropathy. Simmons is also a physician with the Penn State Geisinger Health System, and the director of the neuromuscular program at the Hershey Medical Center, which is one of five study sites throughout the country that are currently enrolling patients. Currently there is not treatment for diabetic neuropathy. Right now we only give patients medication for pain. This drug specifically may work to treat the neuropathy.