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Hearing Loss May Become Reversible.

posted by hubie on Thursday April 20 2023, @10:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-did-the-article-say? dept.

mhajicek writes:

Potentially good news for old machinists and over-the-hill heavy metal fans:

"Five years ago, a team of researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) was able to regrow cochlear hair cells in mice for the first time. These hair cells are found in the cochlear region of ears in all mammals. They sense sound vibrations, convert those into brain signals, and eventually allow a person to hear and understand the different sounds around them. The new study from URMC researchers sheds light on the underlying mechanism that allowed the ear hairs to regrow in mice."

"We know from our previous work that expression of an active growth gene, called ERBB2, was able to activate the growth of new hair cells (in mammals), but we didn't fully understand why. This new study tells us how that activation is happening—a significant advance toward the ultimate goal of generating new cochlear hair cells in mammals," said Patricia White, one of the study authors and a neuroscience professor at URMC."

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/can-we-reverse-hearing-loss-yes-we-can-here-is-how-it-works/

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2023, @04:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 21 2023, @04:07PM (#1302426)

    ...going to church...louder is better...

    Yep - especially when they need to drown out the "still small voice" to keep hold on the congregation.

    11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

    12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

    13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

    - 1 Kings 19 (KJV)