News tagged with sensory loss
Hearing with your nose: How nasal stem cells could tackle childhood hearing problems
Stem Cell scientists in Australia have found that patients suffering from hearing problems which began during infancy and childhood could benefit from a transplant of stem cells from their nose. The research, published today ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Harnessing Our Sensory Superpowers
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research in perceptual psychology and brain science is revealing that our senses pick up information about the world that we thought was only available to other species, Lawrence Rosenblum, UCR professor ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 12, 2010 |
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Antibiotic found to protect hearing in mice
A type of antibiotic that can cause hearing loss in people has been found to paradoxically protect the ears when given in extended low doses in very young mice.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Elusive protein points to mechanism behind hearing loss
(PhysOrg.com) -- A serendipitous discovery of deaf zebra fish larvae has helped narrow down the function of an elusive protein necessary for hearing and balance. The work, led by Rockefeller University’s A. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Persistent pain common for many women 2 to 3 years after breast cancer treatment
Nearly 50 percent of women surveyed indicate they experience pain symptoms 2 to 3 years after breast cancer treatment, with women who were younger or who received supplemental radiation therapy more likely to have pain, according ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Now hear this: Mouse study sheds light on hearing loss in older adults
(PhysOrg.com) -- Becoming "hard of hearing" is a standard but unfortunate part of aging: A syndrome called age-related hearing loss affects about 40 percent of people over 65 in the United States, and will afflict an estimated ...
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Diminuendo -- New mouse model for understanding cause of progressive hearing loss
The respective microRNA seed region influences the production of sensory hair cells in the inner ear, both in the mouse and in humans. The findings have been published ahead of print in the current online issue of Nature Ge ...
Apr 27, 2009 |
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New insights into progressive hearing loss
In parallel studies in human and mouse, two groups of researchers have come to the same conclusion: that a new kind of gene is associated with progressive hearing loss. The new gene - called a microRNA - is a tiny fragment ...
Apr 12, 2009 |
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Surviving dance club music (noise) with hearing intact
By tweaking a system in the ear that limits how much sound is heard, a global team of researchers has discovered one alteration that shows that the ability of the ear to turn itself down contributes to protecting against ...
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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