Breakthrough may restore hearing

Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that irreversible hearing loss caused by damage to inner ear hair cells, may be reversed by converting nearby “transdifferentiating Deiters’ cells (tDCs) from supporting cells to hair cells. Expanding this to other cells could restore hearing.

https://www.aftau.org/news_item/tau-researchers-identify-mechanism-that-may-pave-the-way-for-hearing-restoration/

https://www.jpost.com/science/article-902034

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