Hearing with your nose: How nasal stem cells could tackle childhood hearing problems

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Stem cell scientists have found that patients suffering from hearing problems which began during infancy and childhood could benefit from a transplant of stem cells from their nose. The research reveals that mucosa-derived stem cells can help preserve hearing function during the early-onset of sensorineural hearing loss.

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