Saturday, June 21, 2014

Restoration of Hearing in Deaf Possible Via New Research

A new research can help deaf individuals hear, researchers have claimed. Spiral ganglion cells are essential for hearing and their irreversible degeneration in the inner ear is common in most types of hearing loss. Adult spiral ganglion cells are not able to regenerate. However, new evidence in a mouse model shows that spiral ganglion stem cells present in the inner ear are capable of self-renewal and can be grown and induced to differentiate into mature ...

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