Stem Cells Turn Hearing Back On

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Submission + - Stem Cells Turn Hearing Back On (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by puddingebola on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @03:50PM

puddingebola writes: From the article, "Scientists have enabled deaf gerbils to hear again—with the help of transplanted cells that develop into nerves that can transmit auditory information from the ears to the brain. The advance, reported today in Nature, could be the basis for a therapy to treat various kinds of hearing loss."

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