Oncology & Cancer
Switching chemo on and off to reduce side effects
A new anti-cancer drug that could be switched 'on' and 'off' inside the body has been developed by researchers at the University of Adelaide.
Mar 8, 2018
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Cardiology
Unlocking a cell's potential to regenerate the heart
Some organisms have a remarkable capacity for regenerating tissue. If a fish or salamander suffers heart damage, for instance, their cells are able to divide and successfully repair the injured organ. Imagine if you could ...
Mar 1, 2018
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Medical research
New images reveal how the ear's sensory hairs take shape
Our ears are exquisite detection instruments, capable of discerning a whisper or distinct notes of music within a symphony. To pick up these sounds, tiny hair-like filaments in the inner ear must be packed into precisely ...
Feb 9, 2018
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Medical research
Hairy skin grown from mouse stem cells
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have cultured the first lab-grown skin tissue complete with hair follicles. This skin model, developed using stem cells from mice, more closely resembles natural hair than ...
Jan 2, 2018
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Genetics
CRISPR treatment prevents hearing loss in mice
Using molecular scissors wrapped in a greasy delivery package, researchers have disrupted a gene variant that leads to deafness in mice.
Dec 20, 2017
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Medical research
Protein Daple coordinates single-cell and organ-wide directionality in the inner ear
Humans inherited the capacity to hear sounds thanks to structures that evolved millions of years ago. Sensory "hair cells" in the inner ear have the amazing ability to convert sound waves into electrical signals and transmit ...
Dec 11, 2017
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Genetics
Research advance may prevent a form of hereditary hearing loss
A research advance co-led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine's Kumar Alagramam, PhD, may stop the progression of hearing loss and lead to significant preservation of hearing in people with Usher syndrome ...
Oct 26, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immune system cells protect against CMV-induced hearing loss in mice
Immune system cells known as natural killer (NK) cells play an important protective role against hearing loss in mice infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV), according to a new study published in PLOS Pathogens.
Sep 29, 2017
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Genetics
Gene therapy restores hearing and balance in Usher syndrome
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, the CNRS, Collège de France, University Pierre et Marie Curie, and University Clermont Auvergne, have recently restored hearing and balance in a mouse model of Usher syndrome ...
Sep 25, 2017
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Neuroscience
Preventing childhood deafness following chemotherapy treatment
Charity Action on Hearing Loss is supporting the biotechnology firm Otomagnetics, which today announces an important breakthrough towards preventing hearing loss caused by a widely used chemotherapy drug.
Sep 12, 2017
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