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Albert Edge

Professor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School / Mass Eye and Ear

Reprogramming supporting cells into cochlear hair cells via Notch/Wnt signaling to regenerate lost hearing.

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Papers (2)

Notch inhibition induces cochlear hair cell regeneration and recovery of hearing after acoustic trauma.

Neuron · 2013

Pharmacological Notch inhibition converts cochlear supporting cells into new hair cells and partially restores hearing after noise trauma in mice.

Animal study (in vivo)
Mouse

Lgr5-positive supporting cells generate new hair cells in the postnatal cochlea.

Stem cell reports · 2014

Identifies Lgr5-expressing supporting cells as the specific source of newly generated hair cells after damage, and shows Notch inhibition boosts how many of them convert.

Animal study (in vivo)
Mouse