You can check it out here. From the article:
Their discovery could ultimately help those who have lost hair cells through noise damage and some people born with inherited hearing problems.
But any cure is still some years away, experts told the journal Stem Cell.
Of course, it still brings up the ethical question of using embroyonic stem cells.
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I hear they don’t need to use embryonic stem cells anymore. The ones from adults do just fine according to some researchers. I hope it’s true.
As do I. I have problems with Obama’s view of embryonic stem cells, but maybe that will be another post.
hi,
I think you are doing human trials, at least with children (see the web cordbloodregistry –>> http://www.cordblood.com/regenerative-medicine/hearingloss.asp ).
In this blog http://deafdude1.blogspot.com/2009/08/stem-cells-for-deafness-begins-human.html you can also stay informed on human trials.
greetings!