Monday, January 14, 2013

Hooray!! Hearing loss partially reversed!


A drug, LY41175, allows other cells in the inner ear to change into hair cells, which are essential, soundtransmitting cells in the inner ear. Normally, these cells are inhibited from making the switch. LY41175 releases that inhibition by interfering with the activity of a protein called Notch.

To read the original study go to :  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627312009531

A very clear presentation on Hearing Loss