FDA-Regulated Study of Cord Blood Stem Cells to Treat Acquired Hearing Loss Launches

[chamferman]

Interesting!

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...cquired-hearing-loss-launches-240487971.html?

 

[Owch]

Finally...

Fingers crossed!

 

[Erlend]

Isn't this what attheedgeofscience is doing?

 

[Johno]

Isn't this what attheedgeofscience is doing?

Looks like yes.

 

[nills]

here is another article that focuses on the restoration of the auditory nerve through stem cells rather than the hair cells. Both are amazing finds.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/250197.php

 

[NeoM]

With all the research it will be interesting to see what the next 10-20 years holds.

 

[James White]

Isn't this what attheedgeofscience is doing?

this is not the same. from the distance, i may look similar but here, the tests are on babies + it's their own cord blood stem cells. attheedgeofscience is having stem cells from another human being.

adults don't develop the same as babies so it's difficult to say if this works for babies, it will work for adults.

 

[Garden Ring]

@James White, that's exactly what I was going to say.
The study focuses on children who have their umbilical cord blood stored. And the number of patients is just ten.
But whatever brings the future closer is good!

 

[Erlend]

In the future, maybe it will be standard thing to do, all babies have their stem cells stored in case they need them later in life?

"Oh shit, my muscle is rotting! Better go to the hospital and get some of my stem cells"

 

[Stina]

But the article says as well that the test are done on children with genetic hearing loss. Isn't that a bit different than noise-induced hearing loss/nerve damage?

 

[Champ]

But the article says as well that the test are done on children with genetic hearing loss. Isn't that a bit different than noise-induced hearing loss/nerve damage?

Looks like it's the opposite of this actually.

...a U.S. Food and Drug (FDA)-regulated study being conducted at Florida Hospital for Children in Orlando to investigate the use of a child's stem cells from their own stored umbilical cord blood as a treatment for acquired sensorineural hearing loss.

Researchers will follow 10 children, ranging in age from 6 weeks to 6 years, who have been diagnosed with acquired hearing loss for less than 18 months and who have their own cord blood unit processed and stored under CBR's strict quality controls. Children with a known genetic cause of deafness are ineligible for study participation.

From the wiki article on sensorineural hearing loss

The great majority of human sensorineural hearing loss is caused by abnormalities in the hair cells of the organ of Corti in the cochlea. There are also very unusual sensorineural hearing impairments that involve the eighth cranial nerve (the vestibulocochlear nerve) or the auditory portions of the brain. In the rarest of these sorts of hearing loss, only the auditory centers of the brain are affected. In this situation, cortical deafness, sounds may be heard at normal thresholds, but the quality of the sound perceived is so poor that speech cannot be understood.

Most sensory hearing loss is due to poor hair cell function. The hair cells may be abnormal at birth, or damaged during the lifetime of an individual. There are both external causes of damage, like noise trauma and infection, and intrinsic abnormalities, like deafness genes.

So this is for any type of hearing loss related to the inner ear not working right.

 

[Stina]

Looks like it's the opposite of this actually.

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From the wiki article on sensorineural hearing loss

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So this is for any type of hearing loss related to the inner ear not working right.

That sounds promising. I wish I was a baby again( Or that I clone a mini-me.