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Hearing & Stem Cells: What's that Sound I Smell?
Friday, February 11th 2011
Researchers in Australia have found that patients suffering from hearing loss which began during infancy and childhood could benefit from a transplant of stem cells from their nose.
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Cures for Hearing Loss: Regrowing Hair Cells with Stem Cells Successful
Tuesday, July 27th 2010
Unlike birds and fish, humans don’t have the ability to grow new hair cells if some are lost due to disease, drugs, or long-term exposure to noise. All of that is about to change.
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Cures for Hearing Loss: New Drug Discovered
Monday, July 19th 2010
Research uncovers potential drug treatment for noise-induced hearing loss. The finding paves the way for effective non-surgical therapies to restore hearing loss after noise-induced injury.
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Cures for Hearing Loss: Inner Ear Hair Cells Regrown in Lab
Saturday, June 12th 2010
New research has found a way to create the first functional inner ear hair cells in a petri dish. If they can further perfect the recipe to generate hair cells in the millions, it could lead to significant scientific and clinical advances along the path to curing deafness in the future.
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Cell Transplants May Cure Deafness
Tuesday, June 16th 2009
When Uppsala researchers found immature stem cells in the inner ear of humans a few years ago, it caused a global sensation. They have also managed to grow hearing nerves from...
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House Ear Institute Researchers Discover a Type of Supporting Cells Resistant to Notch Signaling
Saturday, February 14th 2009
House Ear Institute Researchers Discover a Type of Supporting Cells Resistant to Notch Signaling
Los Angeles, CA - January 20, 2009 - In a new study in the January 20 issue of...
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Antibiotic Eardrops Better Than Pills at Treating Middle Ear Infections
Monday, February 13th 2006
Topical quinolone antibiotics can clear aural discharge better than systemic antibiotics. This was the finding of a systematic review of literature published in the latest update...
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Drug Advertising in Medical Journals Can be Misleading
Tuesday, January 14th 2003
Spanish authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how drug advertising in medical journals can be inaccurate and potentially misleading to clinicians.The...
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