Biology of the Inner Ear course at the Marine Biological Laboratory
By Stefan Heller From August 8 – August 28, 2015, I co-directed the “Biology of the Inner Ear (BIE)” course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA together with Dr. Paul Fuchs
New Paper: Genetics of Hearing Loss—Nonsyndromic
Kay W. Chang, MD, a clinician-scientist in the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss, recently published an article in Otolaryngologic Clinics on the genetics of non-syndromic hearing loss. This is a review paper which summarizes
Hearing Loss vs. The California Stem Cell Program: Disease-a-Week Challenge #9
Think for a moment about your favorite sounds... Music, perhaps, like the young Julie Andrews singing "I Could Have Danced All Night" from MY FAIR LADY; or the laughter of someone you love, like when
Gene discoveries may lead to regeneration of cells needed for hearing
by Steve Fisch for Stanford Medicine News Center: The researchers identified patterns of gene expression that may determine whether the ear’s inner pillar cells can give rise to new hair cells, which are key to
Review Article: Making sense of Wnt signaling—linking hair cell regeneration to development
Below Dr. Cheng discusses his recent review article for Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Making sense of Wnt signaling - linking hair cell regeneration to development: Making sense of Wnt signaling - linking hair cell regeneration