The same genes could hold the key to regenerating cells in the ear and eye, according to a new mouse study from the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Ksenia Gnedeva, PhD, published in the Proceedings of the ...
Using recent advances in AI-based modeling, researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco developed a neuroprosthesis that synthesizes brain signals into audible speech in near-real time. The ...
An R75W mutation in the gap junction β2 (GJB2) gene causes severe fragmentation of gap junction plaques, connecting adjacent ...
Congenital hearing loss refers to impaired auditory function that occurs due to genetic causes. GJB2 is the gene responsible ...
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Around one in five (over 19%) of India's deaf and hard-of-hearing children were out-of-school in 2014, according to a survey conducted for the Indian Government. A new study calls on the government to ...
John McHutchi­son start­ed Mon­day as CEO and chair­man of Tune Ther­a­peu­tics, af­ter sit­ting on the com­pa­ny’s board for two years. … ...
If we go back even just a couple of decades when I was still in the clinic, when we first identified a child who was born with deafness, they would go see their pediatrician. Ultimately, their family ...
Rubella is typically mild in adults and children but can cause serious birth defects in pregnant women, including deafness, cataracts, heart defects, mental deficiency and liver or spleen damage ...
Hyderabad: The city’s constant hum, the rumble of traffic, blare of the sirens, constant drone from the ear buds and the roar of the construction sites, our ears are under siege all through the day, ...