Sentences with phrase «damaged hair cells»

Now David He at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and colleagues have shown that the same gene can repair guinea pigs» existing, damaged hair cells — as long as you get to them in time.

That's the path pursued by GenVec, which wants to be the Rogaine of the ears, using gene therapy to regrow damaged hair cells.

A particularly effective treatment against many cancers, platinum - based chemotherapy, has the unfortunate side effect of damaging the hair cells in the ear that are responsible for sensing sound waves, Goldrich said.

And then in the opposite ear, I developed Meniere's disease, which is a problem with controlling fluid inside the cochlea, progressively damaging the hair cells there.

It's a fragile system; loud noises can damage the hair cells and age can deplete them, resulting in hearing loss.

Noise exposure can damage these hair cells, and they don't grow back.

Not exact matches

His research shows that in cases of hearing loss, the ear's nerve fibers become damaged before the hair cells do, and when those synaptic fibers reconnect to the hair cells, it's possible to regain hearing.

The beta - carotene in pumpkin can help reverse UV damage and improve skin texture, and the abundant minerals in the orange fruit, including potassium, copper, manganese, zinc, iron and magnesium all play a role in the health and wellbeing of skin and hair, from collagen maintenance and cell membrane protection to healthy hair regrowth and skin cell regrowth.

Once the hair cells are damaged, they don't grow back.

But while chemotherapy and radiation are associated with temporary changes, such as hair loss and tissue swelling, the treatments can have an unseen, permanent effect: infertility due to irreparably damaged sperm or egg cells.

Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.

Because hair cells are also critical for the sense of balance, mice with damaged or missing hair cells show balance abnormalities.

Since patients (and mice) with Usher 1c also have balance problems caused by hair - cell damage in the vestibular organs, the researchers also tested whether gene therapy restored balance.

Inner - ear hair cells, seen here via scanning electron micrograph, become swollen and damaged due to age - related degeneration.

Unlike mammals, birds can quickly regenerate hair cells in the inner ear if they become damaged.

Based on previous studies, researchers have hypothesized that recreational noise exposure might damage the circuitry between sensory hair cells in the inner ear and their auditory nerve targets that deliver information to the brain.

Genotoxic stress — the kind that can damage a cell's DNA — causes hair to whiten over time, according to a new study.

The results, published in tomorrow's issue of Cell, might also lead to new measures for preventing gray hair by modulating the DNA damage response.

These biologically damaging chemicals can kill the inner ear's hair cells, the ones that sense sound.

Loud sounds put too much pressure on the cochlear hair cells, which can damage or kill them.

Implantable prostheses designed to deliver electrical stimuli directly to the auditory nerve hold considerable promise for people with a type of deafness in which the sensory hair cells of the inner ear are damaged

Hearing aids are mostly used in people who suffer from hearing loss because of damage to hair cells, the small sensory cells in the inner ear.

In these studies, the hair cell growth occurred without any initial damage to the organ of Corti.

The number that developed varied, but in the base of cochlea, where the tissue received the most damage, hair cell numbers returned to about 40 % of the original.

When the hair cells are damaged, those associated spiral ganglion neurons often begin to degenerate from lack of use.

Implants can work in place of the hair cells, but if the sensory neurons are damaged, hearing is still limited.

In humans, deafness is most often caused by damage to inner ear hair cells — so named because they sport hairlike cilia that bend when they encounter vibrations from sound waves — or by damage to the neurons that transmit that information to the brain.

Some childhood cancer survivors are also at risk because of hair cells damage due to certain chemotherapy agents.

He hopes the cancer - targeting nanorobots will steer clear of other rapidly dividing cells, such as those in the gut and at hair follicles, which often suffer collateral damage during chemotherapy.

Exposure to loud noises damages the synapses connecting the nerves and the hair cells in the cochlea, resulting in noise - induced hearing loss.

ER — Mitochondrial Calcium Flow Underlies Vulnerability of Mechanosensory Hair Cells to Damage.

Hearing is lost for good if too many hair cells are damaged due to aging; loud noise; illness; or certain drugs, including chemotherapy used to treat certain childhood cancers.

Both chemotherapy and radiation damage healthy cells, leading to common side effects such as hair loss and nausea / vomiting.

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It helps heal and repair the damaged cells in the scalp which improves hair follicle health and indirectly boosts healthy and faster hair growth by stimulating dormant hair follicle.

Keratin protects cells from damage, which helps hair grow stronger, healthier, and even reduces frizz.

The compounds in cruciferous vegetables have also been proven to protect cells from DNA damage which reduces age related hair loss.

Free radicals damage hair and melanin producing cells thus contributing to the premature greying of the hair.

It is amazed to find that a kitchen full of fruits and vegetables are able to strengthen your hair, improve * hair cell and reduce * hair damage and split ends.

Absorbing quickly into your dog's skin cells, coconut oil will leave her hair supple and shiny, and can guard against sun damage.