Scientists grow working vocal cord tissue in lab
By growing functional vocal cord tissue in the lab, scientists bring closer the day when people whose vocal cords have been lost to cancer or injury can get their voice back. Source: Medical News Today Scientists grow working vocal cord tissue in lab
Sound deprivation leads to irreversible hearing loss
Researchers show that chronic conductive hearing loss leads to cochlear degeneration. Source: Medical News Today Sound deprivation leads to irreversible hearing loss
Wisconsin scientists grow functional vocal cord tissue in the lab
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have succeeded in growing functional vocal cord tissue in the laboratory, a major step toward restoring a voice to people who have lost their vocal cords to… Source: Medical News Today Wisconsin scientists grow functional vocal cord tissue in the lab
Decreased sense of smell may indicate early dementia
Loss of sense of smell could help to detect onset of Alzheimer’s and other kinds of dementia; neurological changes reflect this effect. Source: Medical News Today Decreased sense of smell may indicate early dementia
Suicide rate significantly higher for patients with head and neck cancer
Patients with head and neck cancer have more than 3 times the incidence of suicide compared with the general population, with rates highest among patients with cancers of the larynx and… Source: Medical News Today Suicide rate significantly higher for patients with head and neck cancer
Taste bud biomarker forecasts better post-surgery results for some sinusitis patients
Genetic taste tests may enhance treatment-selection process, Penn study suggests. Source: Medical News Today Taste bud biomarker forecasts better post-surgery results for some sinusitis patients
Mouth cancer now the tenth most common cancer in men
Oral cancer is now the tenth most common cancer in men according to new figures* released by Cancer Research UK. Source: Medical News Today Mouth cancer now the tenth most common cancer in men
New project to help tackle tinnitus
Anglia Ruskin teams up with Swedish university to develop online programme Anglia Ruskin University has launched a new internet-based project to help people suffering from a distressing and… Source: Medical News Today New project to help tackle tinnitus
Nerve cells warn brain of damage to the inner ear
Some nerve cells in the inner ear can signal tissue damage in a way similar to pain-sensing nerve cells in the body, according to new research from Johns Hopkins. Source: Medical News Today Nerve cells warn brain of damage to the inner ear
Protein movement of hair bundles in the inner ear may preserve hearing for life
Hearing is made possible when hair bundles protruding from the tops of hair cells capture the energy of sound waves, converting them into electrical signals that stimulate the auditory nerve to the… Source: Medical News Today Protein movement of hair bundles in the inner ear may preserve hearing for life
