Scientists create organoid to understand hearing loss
The ground-breaking study is an important step towards modelling cochlear function in a dish.
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The ground-breaking study is an important step towards modelling cochlear function in a dish.
Decibel Therapeutics has submitted an IND application for a Phase I/II trial of DB-OTO, a gene therapy candidate to restore hearing.
Researchers have found that inherited mutations in the MINAR2 gene causes deafness. The findings suggest that deafness could be treated with genetic therapies.
Expectations are growing worldwide for discoveries that will harness the potential of cell therapy, which has already brought breakthroughs in therapeutic areas where there is an unmet need, from oncology to ophthalmology and rare disease. In this article, Dr Terri Gaskell, Chief Technology Officer at Rinri Therapeutics, explores some of…
Sensory hair cells could be regenerated using a therapy developed from the action of the cells in animals such as birds, fish and frogs...
Researchers have discovered that inhibiting an enzyme called cyclin-dependent kinase 2 protects mice and rats from noise- or drug-induced hearing loss...