The Convergence of Cochlear Implantation with Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapy

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 741-754

  Gunewardene, Niliksha ^a   Dottori, Mirella ^a   Nayagam, Bryony A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory neuron; Cochlear implant; Deafness; Differentiation; iPS cell; Stem cell; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NEURONS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

IPS;

EID: 84865574313     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-011-9320-0     Document Type: Review

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