Human stem cells cure common form of deafness | KurzweilAI | Longevity science | Scoop.it
From www.kurzweilai.net - September 13, 2012 12:08 PM

University of Sheffield scientists have used human embryonic stem cells to treat auditory neuropathy, a common form of hearing loss.

 

They turned human embryonic stem cells into ear cells and transplanted them into deaf gerbils, obtaining a 46 per cent recovery of hearing four weeks after administering the cells.