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'We’re excited about these results because they are a step forward in the biology of regeneration and prove that mammalian hair cells have the capacity to regenerate. Improvement in hearing was seen over a wide range of frequencies.ĭr Edge added: 'The missing hair cells had been replaced by new hair cells after the drug treatment, and analysis of their location allowed us to correlate the improvement in hearing to the areas where the hair cells were replaced. Hearing loss is a problem affecting 250 million worldwideĭetails of the study are reported in the journal Neuron.Ī green fluorescent protein was used to label the newly generated hair cells.Įlectronic measurements of auditory brainstem responses confirmed that three months after treatment, lost hair cells had been replaced and were working.
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