Researchers overcome a major hurdle to reverse hearing loss

Hearing loss due to aging, noise and certain cancer therapy drugs and antibiotics has been irreversible because scientists have not been able to reprogram existing cells to develop into the outer and inner ear sensory cells -- essential for hearing – once they die.

Related Keywords

Kazuaki Homma , Chuan Zhi Foo , Ignacio Garc , Emily Henderson , Yingji Zhou , Johnc Clancy , Mary Ann Cheatham , Jaime Garcia Anoveros , Dianne Duggan , Centers For Disease , Communications Disorders , National Institute Of Deafness , National Institutes Of Health , Northwestern University Feinberg School Of Medicine , Northwestern Medicine , Nature May , Northwestern University Feinberg School , Mary Ann , National Institute , National Institutes , Aging , Dancer , Cancer Therapy , Fell , Dwell Development , Deafness , Drugs , Ear , Gene , Hair , Hearing Loss , Medicine , Research ,