A surprising new function of essential hearing proteins may explain why some genetic mutations and common antibiotics lead to permanent deafness.
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Scientists find hidden trigger killing inner ear cells and a new way to stop hearing loss
Researchers have identified a previously unknown mechanism that drives the death of inner ear hair cells, the tiny sensory ...
Researchers discover that hearing-essential proteins (TMC1/TMC2) also regulate cell membranes, and their malfunction is a primary cause of permanent hearing loss.
Scientists link TMC protein membrane disruption to hearing loss, showing how mutations, drugs and noise trigger hair cell ...
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 ...
Blebbing occurs when a call’s plasma membrane separates from its cytoskeleton and forms a membrane bulge filled with cytoplasm. This bulge will eventually separate from the cell, taking part of the ...
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