Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers combat Zika-associated fetal abnormalities using microRNA

Before SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, there was the Zika virus epidemic, lasting from 2015 to 2016. The Zika virus can cause serious birth defects and abnormalities. During the epidemic, one of the most striking results of Zika ...

Genetics

Researcher builds new model to examine Usher syndrome

Usher syndrome, a rare inherited genetic disease, is a leading cause of combined deafness and blindness with type 2A (USH2A) being the most common form. USH2A, caused by mutations in the USH2A gene, can include hearing loss ...

Medical research

Investigating the role of a protein in hearing loss

The fast motor kinetics of prestin, a protein found in the inner ear, is essential for hearing high-frequency sounds, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Wireless earphones work as inexpensive hearing aids

Some commercial earbuds can perform as well as hearing aids. This finding, presented November 15 in the journal iScience, could help a large proportion of people with hearing loss access more affordable sound amplification ...

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