A cure for deafness? Major breakthrough
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American scientists say that a protein deep in the ear is crucial for normal hearing - they say this protein could be the route for treating and curing an enormous number of deaf people.
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A breakthrough technology is generating hyper growth.
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NEW YORK  - The hormone progestin, as a   component of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) following   menopause, appears to exacerbate deficits in hearing   sensitivity and auditory speech processing, according to a   research team at the Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry   in New York.
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Scientists have created a human embryo with three parents in a breakthrough they hope could lead to effective treatments for a range of serious hereditary diseases.
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An effort to recalibrate the brain of a child suffering from sensory processing disorder using light, sound and motion therapy is successful.
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âWe show, for the first time, we can deliver these potentially high-quality therapeutics to an animal.â Hans-Peter Vornlocher, Scientist, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.
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In a major breakthrough, scientists have 'reprogrammed' fully matured skin cells in mice, causing them to act exactly like embryonic stem cells.
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Scientists have made two significant  advances in developing a stem-cell patch to repair the damage  caused to the heart after an attack.
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Research into how the human body repairs damaged DNA is described as a "major breakthrough".
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New findings on how people make sounds could lead to better speech recognition and synthesis.
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Are you allergic to VoIP? A trip to St John's in Cambridge (England) provides an opportunity to see innovation in action. And one of the pioneers of Cambridge Technology - Dr Herman Hauser of Amadeus - was there this year to explain how it all came about - and to take modest credit for the effect.â¦
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Blog: Suppressing the activity of a particular enzyme fixed brain cell structure and communication and improved mouse behavior.
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Research into using stem cells to repair damaged nerves just got a big boost, with scientists pinpointing a protein key to controlling binocular vision -- visual depth perception -- in mammals.
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Sick of screaming to be heard over your cell phone in noisy places? A software firm claims its new headset, based on noise-reduction research it conducted for the U.S. military, will virtually eliminate background-noise disruptions. By Elisa Batista.
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Using a recently developed technique for turning skin cells into stem cells, scientists have cured mice of sickle cell anemia -- the first direct proof that the easily obtained cells can reverse an inherited, potentially fatal disease.
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Scientists are raising the first hope of recovery from an autism-like disease that leaves thousands of girls unable to talk or walk &#151; with an experiment that erased symptoms of the disorder in genetically engineered mice.
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Scientists have made two significant advances in developing a stem-cell patch to repair the damage caused to the heart after an attack.