New Evidence Touch-Sensing Nerve Cells May Fuel 'Ringing in the Ears'

U-M study finds new evidence that touch-sensing nerve cells may fuel tinnitus. Future treatments may target these cells.

First FDA-Approved Study of Stem Cells to Treat Hearing Loss Begins at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

HOUSTON , Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and Cord Blood Registry® (CBR) are launching the first FDA-approved, Phase I safety study on the use of cord blood stem cells ...

Genome Cure for Ill Twins Paves Way to Doctor’s Office

By the time his twins Noah and Alexis were 12 years old, Joe Beery and his wife Retta had spent a decade trying to figure out what made their children so ill. After Joe took a job at Life Technologies Corp., a California company that makes DNA sequencers, their luck turned.

Genome Cure for Ill Twins Paves Breakthrough to Doctor’s Office

By the time his twins Noah and Alexis were 12 years old, Joe Beery and his wife Retta had spent a decade trying to figure out what made their children so ill.

Genome Cure for Ill Twins Paves Way to Clinic Market

By the time his twins Noah and Alexis were 12 years old, Joe Beery and his wife Retta had spent a decade trying to figure out what made their children so ill. After Joe took a job at Life Technologies Corp., a California company that makes DNA sequencers, their luck turned.