New Insights Into Progressive Hearing Loss
Saturday, April 18, 2009 - 08:35
in Biology & Nature
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, a microRNA, is a snippet of genetic information that affects the working of sensory hair cells of the inner ear. The research provides important new genetic understanding of a condition that is common in humans but remains poorly understood.