CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have found a key new piece of the puzzle in the quest to use gene therapy to enable people born deaf to hear. The work centers around a large gene responsible for an inner-ear protein, otoferlin. Mutations in otoferlin are linked to severe congenital hearing loss, a common type...
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Inner ear stem cells may someday restore hearing
A stem cell-derived neuron grafted onto a mouse cochlea in the inner ear that lacked neurons. The new neuron is marked red, hair cells that convert sounds into neural signals are green, and hair bundles are blue. Want to restore hearing by injecting stem cells into the inner ear? Well, that can be a...