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Neuroscience
Study Expected to Boost R&D for Hearing and Balance Therapies
October 8th, 2007
Birds, fish and amphibians can do something that humans and other mammals generally cannot: re-grow damaged or lost inner ear hair cells. Loss of these cells causes hearing deficiencies and disabling balance problems in an estimated 250 million people worldwide. Despite the compelling need for new treatments, research and development efforts have been hindered by the relative scarcity of inner ear hair cells. A new study by neuroscientists at the University of Virginia Health System promises to boost cell supplies and accelerate therapeutic advancements. Humans and other mammals only produce hair cells before birth and lose them over time. “People...
Source: Biotech Business Week (2007-10-08)
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