Sea Anemone Proteins Might Help Reverse Hearing Loss
20th August 2016
A new experiment indicates that the proteins anemones use for this enviable ability might be able to restore hearing in people too. Scientists removed inner ear tissue from mouse pups and then damaged the hairs in some of the samples. Hair bundles in tissue that was soaked in a mixture of anemone proteins for an hour ended up almost as healthy as hairs that had never been injured, indicating that the anemone treatment has promise for mammals.