Scientists Create Drug-like Cocktail to Regenerate Hair Cells
Scientists at Mass Eye and Ear may have developed a solution for hearing loss by creating a drug-like cocktail that regenerated hair cells in a mouse model.
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Researchers Find ‘Molecular Switch’ That Controls Repair of Damaged Inner Ear Cells
The findings shed light on regenerative abilities that are present in many species of birds and fish, but get turned off in mammals, including humans, according to a press release posted on the Johns Hopkins Medicine website.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Releases ‘Function and Dysfunction of the Cochlea’
The book describes major advances in our understanding of the pathogenic processes underlying various forms of hearing loss and the emergence of treatments for deafness.
Researchers at University of Kentucky Isolate Mechanism for Stabilizing Hair Cells
Researchers at the University of Kentucky and the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Medicine have isolated a mechanism necessary for stabilizing hair cells in the ear, according to an article in UKnow. The research was published online in eLife on March 28.
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St Jude Researchers Regenerate Auditory Hair Cells in Mice
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital investigators have used genetic manipulation to regenerate auditory hair cells in adult mice, the hospital announced. The research marks a possible advance in treatment of hearing loss in humans.
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Drug to Treat Sudden Deafness Granted Orphan Drug Status by EMA
Strekin AG, Basal, Switzerland, announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan drug designation for the use of STR001 in the treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, or sudden deafness.
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Researcher Develops New Method of Cell Regeneration in Inner Ear
A Creighton University researcher has discovered a new technique for controlling gene expression to aid in the regeneration of sensory hair cells in the inner ear to potentially restore hearing and balance.
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Notch Pathway Finding May Lead to Hearing Restoration
According to new research findings, blocking the Notch pathway that controls hair cell distribution in the inner ear may help determine cochlear progenitor cell proliferation capacity.
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