supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFF0702303);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82301324,82301323,and 82071058).
GJB2 gene mutations are the most common causes of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hereditary deafness.For individuals suffering from severe to profound GJB2-related deafness,cochlear implants have emerged as the sol...
M.A.was supported by the National Center for Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences,National Institutes of Health,through Grant TL1TR001415.
In a recent study published in Science Advances,Liu et al.demonstrated that heterozygous deletion of connexin 26(Cx26)in mice is not harmless as they lead to hyperacusis-like hearing oversensitivity.The authors also f...