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New insights into progressive hearing loss

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In parallel studies in human and mouse, two groups of researchers have come to the same conclusion: that a new kind of gene is associated with progressive hearing loss. The new gene - called a microRNA - is a tiny fragment ...


New mouse mutant contains clue to progressive hearing loss

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created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have defined a mutation in the mouse genome that mimics progressive hearing loss in humans. A team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, working with colleagues in Munich and Padua, found ...





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Diminuendo -- New mouse model for understanding cause of progressive hearing loss

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The respective microRNA seed region influences the production of sensory hair cells in the inner ear, both in the mouse and in humans. The findings have been published ahead of print in the current online issue of Nature Ge ...


Researchers studying hearing loss find auditory regions of the brain convert to the sense of touch

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered that adult animals with hearing loss actually re-route the sense of touch into the hearing parts of the brain.


Scientists identify genetic cause for type of deafness

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created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a genetic cause of progressive hearing loss. The findings will help scientists better understand the nature of age-related decline in hearing and ...


Genetic mutation a strong indicator of age-related hearing loss risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who exhibited a certain genetic mutation of anti-oxidant enzymes are three times more likely to develop age-related hearing loss (ARHL), according to new research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head ...


Higher folates, not antioxidants, can reduce hearing loss risk in men

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Increased intakes of antioxidant vitamins have no bearing on whether or not a man will develop hearing loss, but higher folate intake can decrease his risk by 20 percent, according to new research presented at the 2009 American ...


Drivers of convertibles may be at risk for noise-induced hearing loss

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created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drivers who frequently take to the road with the top down may be risking serious damage to their hearing, according to research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) ...


Scaling the wall of deafness

Scaling the wall of deafness

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Despite modern medicine, one in 1,000 American babies are born deaf. The numbers increase markedly with age, with more than 50% of seniors in the United States experiencing some form of hearing loss.


Squeak, squeak -- can you hear me now?

Squeak, squeak -- can you hear me now?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What do you get when you cross a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing? Ironically, a new strain of mice with "golden ears" - mice that have outstanding hearing as they age.


Gene responsible for common hearing loss identified for first time

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 17, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A gene responsible for the single most common cause of hearing loss among white adults, otosclerosis, has been identified for the first time, a scientist told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics ...


New stem cell therapy may lead to treatment for deafness

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Deafness affects more than 250 million people worldwide. It typically involves the loss of sensory receptors, called hair cells, for their "tufts" of hair-like protrusions, and their associated neurons. The transplantation ...



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