New Stem Cell Therapy May Lead To Treatment For Deafness
ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2009) ? 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 of stem cells that are capable of producing functional cell types might be a promising treatment for hearing impairment, but no human candidate cell type has been available to develop this technology.
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ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2009) ? 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 of stem cells that are capable of producing functional cell types might be a promising treatment for hearing impairment, but no human candidate cell type has been available to develop this technology.
Article Continues Here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323093129.htm