New Research Towards Hearing Loss Pill
Researchers manipulated a protein found on sensory hair cells in mouse ears and found that the mutant mice were better able to withstand loud noises. Researcher Paul Fuchs, author of the study published in PLoS Biology, describes how the finding could one day help human ears.
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