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Potential Therapy for Hearing Loss

Human iPS cell-derived inner ear cells that express human-derived proteins have been successfully transplanted into the inner ears of embryonic mice by a Japanese research team. Hereditary hearing loss accounts for about half of all congenital hearing loss cases, and this work is a major contribution toward research that targets the embryonic inner ear.

Potential Therapy for Hearing Loss

Potential Therapy for Hearing Loss

iPS cell-derived inner ear cells may improve congenital hearing loss. Cell transplantation, a potential therapy for genetic hearing loss.

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