New treatment for hearing loss</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="New treatment for hearing loss"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="New,treatment,for,hearing,loss"> </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">22-06-2006</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>New treatment for hearing loss</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_nOk9UHPCtaqZwSUCqYYx_0.jpeg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Maryland, USA (MIT): Certain animals, such as birds and fish, can regenerate hair cells [in the inner ear]; but, for some unknown reason, mammals have lost this capability. In the last few years, scientists have discovered that certain molecules that determine when a cell divides seem to inhibit the regeneration of hair cells in the inner ear. And they've found that blocking these molecules can lead to the growth of new hair cells, a discovery that researchers at Sound Pharmaceuticals are developing into a treatment for hearing loss. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17010&ch=biotech " target="blank">www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17010&ch=biotech </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