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Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Regenerate Lost Hearing

43 points| u8 | 2 years ago |futurism.com | reply

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[+] CommanderData|2 years ago|reply
Been following hearing regen news for some time.

There's been some recent failed drugs in this space notably recently FREQ Fx-322. That also showed efficacy in mice and reached phase 2 before being dropped.

Hearing is a complicated issue, there's many connections that need to be made for hearing to work even besides the brains ability to relearn and regonize said signals.

Good news but we've been here before.

[+] egberts1|2 years ago|reply
Problem with mRNA is in the quality control and its effort not to include stray mRNA strands which may result in things perhaps like growing stomach wall clumps or large intestine clumps.
[+] justinclift|2 years ago|reply
In mice.

> the researchers coaxed the hair cells to regrow in mice ...

[+] yieldcrv|2 years ago|reply
any thoughts on the applicability to humans?
[+] petra|2 years ago|reply
This is possibly a cure for tinnitus. Which is awesome news!
[+] pier25|2 years ago|reply
Maybe some cases of tinnitus because AFAIK it commonly originates in the brain, not the ear.
[+] dombesz|2 years ago|reply
What makes you think that?
[+] yieldcrv|2 years ago|reply
what are the risks with siRNA genetic pathway unblocking research?

ah hell after typing that I dont know why I didnt just ask an AI that had data up till late 2021

[+] hammyhavoc|2 years ago|reply
I wouldn't trust an AI not to hallucinate over such a niche topic.