Gene discovered that could restore hearing</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Gene discovered that could restore hearing"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Gene,discovered,that,could,restore,hearing"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">01-02-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Gene discovered that could restore hearing</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_c5kFgbWiYoe7wPQ1ajZZ_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Virginia, USA (News 14): Scientists at the University of Virginia Health System have discovered a new protein, that could one day show how to restore genetic hearing loss without the use of devices such as cochlear implants. <br>The protein, called TRPA1, is the essential link that allows the sensory cell in the ear to convert a mechanical stimulus such as a sound or a head movement for the sense of balance into an electrical response that can be transmitted to the brain that can perceive sound. <br>The discovery is reported in the first December issue of “Nature.” <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=63013&SecID=2 " target="blank">rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=63013&SecID=2 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show