Non-viral gene delivery and bone marrow cells in inner ear repair

• Main Author: Tan, Brian Tiong Gee
• Other Authors: Ruan Runsheng
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biomedical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/14957
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hearing impairment is the most common sensory deficit in humans and degeneration of auditory hair cells is the major cause of this deficit. Over the past ten years, gene therapy has emerged as a promising approach in the treatment of hearing loss through identification of individual genes and protei...