Method of treating sensorineural hearing loss
OwnerDouglas A. Cotanche, Mark A. Parkerinventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for treating and preventing sensorineural hearing loss in a subject in need of such treatment by implanting stem cells into the subject's inner ear. The stem cells of the present invention are preferably derived from a neuronal lineage and are capable of differentiating into cochlear hair cells. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the subject suffering from the sensorineural hearing loss is a mammal such as a human.
Claims1
A method of treating sensorineural hearing loss in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of stem cells, capable of differentiating into cochlear hair cells, to an inner ear of a subject in need of such treatment.
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