NERVE GROWTH FACTOR FOR CORNEAL HEALING

The Use of Nerve Growth Factor in Surgical Wound Healing of the Cornea - Karger Publishers

This study concluded:

"In the patients treated with NGF, on day 21, we found with OCT a complete wound healing, and the stromal incision was not visible. Conclusions: This clinical experience shows that the topical administration of NGF is effective in accelerating the healing of surgical corneal wounds."

Now I wonder if nerve growth factor might be useful in other applications, such as neurotrophic corneal ulcers or in diabetics whose corneal abrasions won't heal. I don't how how to obtain nerve growth factor, but I would be interested to see additional studies about nerve growht factor and non-healing corneal insults.