Medicine is at the doorsteps of a phenomenal revolution, brought by the advances in the stem cell field and the development of new technologies to engineer cells and tissues into more complex organs. The promise of a true regenerative approach to organ damage and loss of function is closer than ever of becoming a reality. The auditory field is participating of these developments with high expectations. Since the cochlea is an organ of difficult access and with very limited regenerative capacity, conventional therapeutic approaches have failed and, currently, the only treatments available are in the form of hearing aids and cochlear implants. The potential restoration of hearing by the use of exogenous stem cells will offer a solution to a condition that has very limited options. In this chapter, we are reviewing the increasing volume of research on this emerging field and discussing the key elements that need to be developed further, in order to translate the basic science into a clinical reality.Take a peak inside and read a few pages from the Regenerative Medicine journal on how far along stem cells are and how close the reality is on restoring hearing loss using stem cells.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Addressing deafness in the field of regenerative medicine
From the medical journal "The Development of a Stem Cell Therapy for Deafness":
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Yeah, I know. You can buy it for $25.00 dollars if you're that curious. Just letting people know what's out there.
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University of Irvine for Stem Cell Research and Development told me that it is very likely to restore hearing by removing Cochlear Implant. Bruce Gross, a billionaire in Orange County, donated over $1 billion dollars to fund this stem cell research and development. Hearing restoration has moved up to 4th on the priority list. This is paving the way for successful outcomes in the near future for all people with hearing loss.
I've been on UCI's Stem Cell Patient Advocacy Council for 5 years and the Sue and Bill Gross Research Center is very ambitious to expand the mitigation to deafness.
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