Dear all
Some updates on using human stem cell for treatment of hearing loss, caused by damage to the nerve line connecting the cochlea to the brain.
"...Stem cells have been differentiated into auditory nerve cells before, but this is the first time that transplanted cells have successfully restored hearing in animals..."
http://www.nature.com/news/human-embryonic-stem-cells-restore-gerbil-hearing-1.11402
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/sep/12/deaf-gerbils-hearing-stem-cell-injections
http://healthland.time.com/2012/09/13/scientists-restore-hearing-in-animals-using-human-stem-cells/
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