Zebrafish can regenerate sensory hair cells that humans permanently lose, like those in the inner ear linked to hearing and balance. New research reveals two specific genes that control how different ...

While humans can regularly replace certain cells, like those in our blood and gut, we cannot naturally regrow most other ...

Researchers in the UK have received approval to conduct the first ever human trials for a stem cell treatment to reverse ...

The OTOF gene encodes otoferlin, a protein that plays a critical role in hearing. It helps transmit sound signals from the ...

This is the first time such results have been achieved in both children and adult patients born with a specific type of ...

A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing ...

Andre Hoelz, the Mary and Charles Ferkel Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, learned ...

A new gene therapy trial safely restores hearing in deaf children and adults, offering hope for those with DFNB9 deafness ...

Melanin can either protect or worsen hereditary hearing loss depending on genetic context, as reported by researchers from ...

Scientists have successfully restored hearing in children and young adults with congenital deafness using gene therapy ...

It felt like the floor dropped out,” researcher Uri Manor said after the sudden suspension of his lab’s award.