Outer hair cells have a cylindrical shape. Their diameter is about nine micrometers which is slightly larger than the diameter of a red blood cell. Their apical end is capped with a rigid flat plate ...

The mammalian cochlea is an extraordinary biomechanical system whose capacity for sensitivity and frequency discrimination hinges on intricate interactions between its passive structures and active ...

The kinocilium of vestibular hair cells is a unique organelle with molecular features of primary and motile cilia and may serve as an active, force-generating element within the hair bundle.

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to lunsotogene parvec-cwha (Otarmeni), an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector–based ...

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) announced on Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval for its gene therapy Otarmeni as a treatment for a type of hearing ...