Tag: Balance
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Nation & World
Ending 40-year quest, scientists reveal ‘hearing’ protein
Scientists have identified the sensor protein responsible for hearing and balance, putting an end to a 40-year quest.
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Nation & World
New gene-delivery therapy restores partial hearing, balance in deaf mice
Harvard Medical School scientists and colleagues from Massachusetts General Hospital have partly restored hearing in mice with a genetic form of deafness. The new approach overcomes a longstanding barrier to gene therapy for inherited and acquired deafness.
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Nation & World
Baby, it’s been a wild ride
Master’s recipient Lena Eisen proves that having a child and going to graduate school at the same time can make for a workable adventure.