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Selective hearing

How molecular profiles of auditory neurons may yield new targets in hearing loss

August 16, 2018 6:56 PM UTC

A pair of Cell papers published this month used single-cell RNA sequencing to molecularly define three subtypes of auditory neurons, opening up new therapeutic targets for restoring synaptic connections in hearing loss disorders.

Researchers from Decibel Therapeutics Inc. and Johns Hopkins University led one study, while Lisa Goodrich, a professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, led the other...