But Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a single master gene that programs ear hair cells into either outer or inner ones, overcoming a major hurdle that had prevented the development of these cells to restore hearing.

"Our finding gives us the us the first clear cell switch to make one type versus the other," said lead study author Jaime Garcia-Anoveros, professor of anesthesia, neurology and neuroscience at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "It will provide a previously unavailable tool to make an inner or outer hair cell. We have overcome a major hurdle."

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