Stem Cell to cure deaf

A new British study, published in Stem Cell Journal sates that fetal stem cell can be manipulated and stimulate differentiation to form auditory meurons. The malfunction of this neurons would cause deafness and by replacing this cells it has lead to a cure for deaf. The stem cells were taken and stimulated under appropriate conditions to form sensory cells that would line the ears and detact sound. However this stem cell therapy cannot be implementd on people who are born deaf.

So far, according to the ChattahBox article, researchers have only tried inserting the auditory cells into animals. It’s most likely five to ten years down the road before this would be tried in people. Clinical trials for the deafness treatment may be starting on people within the next couple of years.

But this is a promising field