医学和听力学科普
噪声性耳聋基因解密,可能使得预防耳聋的药物成为可能!即从事噪声环境工作之前先服预防药物,或者在刚刚参加噪声环境工作之后服用。
发明者来自UCSF美国加州大学旧金山分校,该校的老师在年曾经帮助我完成了我自己的研究生毕业设计MACC!真是一千个赞。
Tmtc4蛋白的缺失导致了内耳毛细胞死亡。预防的药物是ISRIB(forIntegratedStressResponseInhibitor,整合应激反应抑制剂)
NewGeneDiscoveryCouldLeadtoHearingLossPreventionDrugNovember9,
AccordingtoarecentreportinanOctoberissueofTheJournalofClinicalInvestigation,ateamofUCSanFranciscoresearchershavediscoveredagenethatplaysanessentialroleinnoise-induceddeafness.
Byadministeringanexperimentalchemical—identifiedinaseparateUCSFlabin—thatactsonthepathwaylinkingthisgenetohearingloss,theresearchersfoundtheycouldpreventnoise-induceddeafnessinmice.Further,theresearcherssurmiseasimilardrugtotheoneusedintheirstudymightonedaybeusedasahearing-protectionregimen(oto-protectiveagent)beforeworkinginanoisyenvironment,usingloudtoolsorattendingaraucousconcert.
Theresearchteamisalsoexaminingwhethertheotoprotectiveagentcouldbetakenshortlyafterexposuretoloudnoisetoprotecthearing.
LeadresearcherElliottSherr,professorofneurologyandofpediatricsatUCSFandcolleagueswereinterestedinagenecalledTmtc4foritspotentialroleinbraindevelopment.Whentheteamdeletedthegeneinmouseembryos,theyweresurprisedtodiscoverthatthemicebecamealmost北京手术治疗白癜风费用中药治疗白癜风