supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)funded by Ministry of Education,Science and Technology,No.2010-0025501;a grant from Chonnam National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute,No.CRI11048-1;a grant from the Chonnam National University,No.2012-2894
Excessive noise, ototoxic drugs, infections, autoimmune diseases, and aging can cause loss of spiral ganglion neurons, leading to permanent sensorineural hearing loss in mammals. Stem cells have been confirmed to be a...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.60672001;Special Fund of Education Department of Shaanxi Province,China,No.05JC03
The current use of hearing aids and artificial cochleas for deaf-mute individuals depends on their auditory nerve. Skin-hearing technology, a patented system developed by our group, uses a cutaneous sensory nerve to s...