Sentences with phrase «regrow hair cells»
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have used clues from studying fish and chickens to advance efforts to regrow hair cells in humans.
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Another approach to regrowing the hair cells is to use embryonic stem cells, with research in this area led by Stefan Heller and colleagues at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, US.
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That's the path pursued by GenVec, which wants to be the Rogaine of the ears, using gene therapy to regrow damaged hair cells.
But the cells responsible for hair growth live on, so hair regrows after therapy stops.
The report apparently marks the first time genetic manipulation was used to regrow auditory hair cells in an adult mammal.