They aren’t really hairs. They’re sensory cells. Hair cells have tiny, bristle-like tufts that stick out – called cilia – ...

"This paper is the first to show that, by reprogramming, mature mammalian inner ear cells can be induced to divide and become hair cells, which are needed for hearing," said senior study author ...

The presence of two types of hair cells, the inner and outer hair cells, in the organ of Corti was appreciated nearly a 100 years ago but the function of the two has only become clear in the last 20 ...

Proteins Hey1, Hey2 ensure that inner ear 'hair cells' are made at the right time, in the right place. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 23, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 09 ...

A microscopic view of auditory hair cells in a healthy inner ear. (Courtesy of Yehoash Raphael) Nearly 10 percent of the population in America suffers from hearing loss, said Yehoash Raphael, a ...

Loud music assaults the cochlea, the snail-shaped organ of the inner ear whose tiny hair cells detect sound vibrations. The cochlea translates these into electrical impulses that nerves carry to ...

A team of Harvard Medical School scientists say they've come up with a new drug cocktail of molecules that they say can successfully regenerate the hair cells in the inner ear that enable hearing ...

"Aging triggers cholesterol loss from sensory cells of the inner ear." The Argentinian scientists speculated that because hearing loss occurs as people get older and the outer hair cells (OHCs ...

UVA researchers reveal the remarkable resilience of inner ear hair cells, capable of self-repair from loud noise and stress. XIRP2 protein orchestrates the restoration of damaged core structures, ...