Researchers Discover a Type of Supporting Cells Resistant to Notch Signaling
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 17:42
in Biology & Nature
In a new study in the January 20 issue of Developmental Cell, House Ear Institute (HEI) researchers have shown that by blocking a biochemical pathway called the Notch signaling pathway, most of the supporting cells in the inner ear of juvenile mice are induced to directly change into hair cells.