Researchers develop tool to create hearing cells lost in aging

Researchers develop tool to create hearing cells lost in aging

Northwestern University researchers have discovered a master gene that will overcome a "major hurdle" in reversing hearing loss caused by aging, noise and certain cancer therapy drugs and antibiotics.

Researchers develop tool to create hearing cells lost in aging

Northwestern University researchers have discovered a master gene that will overcome a "major hurdle" in reversing hearing loss caused by aging, noise and certain cancer therapy drugs and antibiotics.Researchers revealed the discovery in a study published May 4, 2022, in the scientific journal "Nature." Scientists can already produce an artificial hair cell, but it does not differentiate into an inner or outer ear cell. The inner and outer ear c…