New stem cell therapy may lead to treatment for deafness
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 09:14
in Biology & Nature
Deafness affects more than 250 million people worldwide. It typically involves the loss of sensory receptors, called hair cells, for their 'tufts' of hair-like protrusions, and their associated neurones. The transplantation of stem cells that are capable of producing functional cell types might be a promising treatment for hearing impairment, but no human candidate cell type has been available to develop this technology...