> Hair cells die off when exposed to loud noises or drugs including certain chemotherapies and antibiotics.
Does this mean this treatment works only for these conditions, and not common aging-related loss?
Does this mean this treatment works only for these conditions, and not common aging-related loss?
The mechanism should work if there are viable progenitor cells present (so I would expect it to be of some use in most cases of hearing loss), but they may not be able to develop this drug into a reliable treatment.