A Hidden Reason Inner Ear Cells Die - And What It Means for Preventing Hearing Loss
February 21, 2026
February 21, 2026
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Feb. 21 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release:
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A Hidden Reason Inner Ear Cells Die - And What It Means for Preventing Hearing Loss
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BETHESDA, MD - Proteins long known to be essential for hearing have been hiding a talent: they also act as gatekeepers that shuffle fatty molecules across cell membranes. When this newly discovered function goes haywire-due to genetic mutations, . . .
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A Hidden Reason Inner Ear Cells Die - And What It Means for Preventing Hearing Loss
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BETHESDA, MD - Proteins long known to be essential for hearing have been hiding a talent: they also act as gatekeepers that shuffle fatty molecules across cell membranes. When this newly discovered function goes haywire-due to genetic mutations, . . .