Columbia University Microneedle

[Frédéric]

As I mentioned earlier, I am currently browsing university websites based on the 2024 Shanghai Ranking to find information about tinnitus research.

Here is a piece of news from Columbia University, which is ranked 8th. To be transparent, I should note that there were earlier posts about this topic, originally shared on October 24, 2019, by @Caveman and @Jurger, which are referenced here:

Frequency Therapeutics — Hearing Loss Regeneration

Now, for an update dated December 18, 2024, you can read more at the following link:

The Most Interesting Needle in the World?

As usual, it will be interesting to follow the researchers, Anil Lalwani and Jeffrey Kysar, to see whether a patent is filed or a spin-off company is created.

 

[Tim]

In my eyes, this is a game changer. Just imagine what we can do now. The phrase "the inner ear is a black box" no longer applies. This is incredible new information.

I'm not well-informed about gene therapy, but with this development, it should be possible to regenerate the inner ear—or at the very least, to understand what is going on and target it with other drugs.