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Mistakes in how proteins of the ear are built contribute to early hearing loss

30-Oct-2017 - From the moment a baby is born, they are put through a battery of screenings to test for all sorts of characteristics, which includes the sense of hearing. One in 500 newborns fail their newborn hearing screens and are diagnosed with hearing loss, making this the most prevalent sensory deficit in ...

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Replacing damaged ‘hair’ cells may help treat hearing loss

16-Mar-2017 - Using a drug cocktail in a petri dish, researchers can now grow colonies of sound-sensing hair cells (magenta) with intricate hair bundles (cyan) from a single cochlear hair cell. This finding may accelerate the development of new therapies for hearing loss. Inside a bony structure that spirals ...

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3-D printing techniques help surgeons carve new ears

02-Oct-2015 - To treat children with a missing or under-developed ear, experienced surgeons harvest pieces of rib cartilage from the child and carve them into the framework of a new ear. They take only as much of that precious cartilage as they need. That leaves medical residents without an authentic material ...

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MicroRNA in human saliva may help diagnose oral cancer

27-Aug-2009 - Researchers continue to add to the diagnostic alphabet of saliva by identifying the presence of at least 50 microRNAs that could aid in the detection of oral cancer, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Research. "It is a Holy Grail of cancer detection to be able to measure the presence of ...

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Xenomics Names Research Oncologist and Biotechnology Executive Dr. David Sidransky to Board of Directors

11-Sep-2006 - Xenomics, Inc. announced that it has named David Sidransky, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University to its Board of Directors. Dr. Sidransky currently serves as Director of the Head and Neck Cancer Research Program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University and is ...

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Gene therapy triggers growth of new auditory hair cells in mammals

03-Jun-2003 - University of Michigan scientists have used gene therapy to grow new auditory hair cells in adult guinea pigs - a discovery that could lead to new treatments for human deafness and age-related hearing loss. Healthy hair cells are vital to the ability to hear, but aging, infection, certain ...

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Researchers Discover Gene that Contributes to Sense of Balance

31-Mar-2003 - Researchers have discovered a gene that appears to be critical for maintaining a healthy sense of balance in mice. The study, led by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, appears in the April 1 issue of the journal Human Molecular Genetics. "Loss of balance is a ...

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