The pairing of the two delivered the breakthrough solution, the researchers said, as neurons responded to the molecule, regenerating synapses in
mouse ear tissue that led to repair of the hair cells and neurons, which are essential to hearing.
Not exact matches
The team took small pieces of
ear tissue from XXY and XYY
mice, cultured them, and collected connective
tissue cells known as fibroblasts.
The researchers then swabbed the
ears of the
mice with another known irritant — to simulate
tissue damage from surgery.
Mice with the reactivated gene all showed better
tissue healing when parts of their
ears and paws were injured.
Holes punched into the
ears to tag the
mice, she says, healed without any signs of scar
tissue.
For both experiments,
tissues (
ear skin, heart, bladder, spleen and tibiotarsal joints) of all
mice injected with XT contents were uniformly culture - negative.