By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the cells' developmental journey and discover how the inner ear is formed in mice. The discovery, published in ...

Serous otitis media (SOM) is when the eustachian tube does not drain and causes fluid to build up in the middle ear space. The fluid build-up can cause discomfort or muffled hearing. If it doesn't ...

This breakthrough could one day allow doctors to detect hearing problems and inner ear diseases with non-invasive tools, something current imaging tech can’t do. The team created a microscopic ...

However, scientists don’t have a full sense of why this happens because they are still working to understand the mechanics of the inner ear. A team of physicists recently took a novel approach to ...

The liver is located in the upper right-hand portion of the abdominal cavity, beneath the diaphragm, and on top of the stomach, right kidney, and intestines. Shaped like a cone, the liver is a dark ...

How does the urinary system work? The urinary system's function is to filter blood and create urine as a waste by-product. The organs of the urinary system include the kidneys, renal pelvis, ureters, ...

Our understanding of how sound transmission and impedance-matching by the middle ear works is informed by initial studies of anatomy in the 19th century, experimental studies of mechanical function ...

Sensorineural deafness is mainly caused by damage to the tissues of the inner ear, and hearing impairment has become an increasingly serious global health problem. When the inner ear is abnormally ...

The mechanisms of formation of the distinct sensory organs of the inner ear and the non-sensory domains that separate them are still unclear. Here, we show that several sensory patches arise by ...