Recent content by streeter1985

That depends on the individual situation of the cochlea after the damage - not everyone has severe to profound hearing loss. We have to wait until we know more and get some data from the trial. Maybe the power of the human body itself can solve some problems when FX-322 starts the sequence in...

I already mentioned the hyperlink, if you are interested in it you can read it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637947/ In summary if you have severe to profound hearing loss there could be a flat epithelium in the cochlea. The huge damage forms scars and can also eliminate Pillar...

I hope this is the silence before the storm concerning research news.

If the new head comes with new ears I could get rid of my old one, also a result that I could live with.

Birds learn their species-related melody by DNA and by hearing the melody of their parents/species. I remember I read a study about a baby bird that got isolated and released after a while to learn the melody. I think the result was that the melody was not that perfect in details, but I can't...

Sometimes you comment as a self-made scientist, sometimes you just want to confront people. If someone asks what he should do if this drug fails, I should not reply and tell him that there is many other research going on right now? What would your answer be? "The drug doesn't fail"? You...

There are many other companies/universities that work right now on the regeneration idea - turning supporting cells into hair cells. Frequency Therapeutics is not alone, there is already competition and it is great that more companies focus on the regeneration because by the end of the day the...

I don't think the information about the quality/impact of the drug helps anyone that is outside the trial... What would you do with that information? Buy shares? Penalties, court, etc. just slow down things so I am pretty happy noone says anything right now that could slow down the process to...

I am really happy for every company or research that is around hearing loss and tinnitus. God bless such researchers that focus on such a complex topic, I bet there are easier methods to make money - maybe a new fitness pill? Also failing ideas are a step in the right direction for all of us...

Of course you would be happy if it works and try to tell people but to be honest there are enough common methods in the business world to keep people quiet and it's even easier if you are a patient and really really need that drug. For example: If you say anything, they exclude you from...

They are very very rare but I think it would be dubious if an ENT would say "do it, it's not risky at all". I am pretty sure you will have to sign a paper, where you see all the risks. Like every other surgery also this surgery contains some risks. I only would look out for some ENTs that are...

We will know the side effects when the drug is on the market... Let's hope it cures hearing loss and the side effect is to cure tinnitus :) Delivery method seems to work like the intratympanic steroid injection. A needle goes through your eardrum and fills up the middle ear with the drug. After...

I only read that they use the already well established and known injection through the eardrum like the intratympanic steroid treatment for acute hearing loss. I don't know maybe the treatment might be "new" in some areas but what I heard from ENTs in middle EU it is very common in the US. In...

At the current phase they are in right now, what timeframe are we talking about until it could reach the market? 2020? 2021? I guess for non-Americans we can only get the drug if it's officially on the market. If I have any supporting cells left... please stay alive!! :)