A New Crocodile Hypothesis Could Help People With Hearing Loss
Losing your hearing might limit your chances, make you withdraw from social situations, and lead to emotional issues. a fresh theory regarding crocodile ears. Globally, more than 1.2 billion people suffer from hearing loss. On the other hand, crocodiles can live up to 70 years and have superb hearing the entire time. The ability of crocodiles to produce new hair cells is one explanation, and a study team from Uppsala University is presently looking at this. Hopefully, folks who suffer hearing loss can benefit from knowing crocodile biology. "We can observe that the activation of so-called support cells appears to result in the formation of new hair cells, which is related to the fact that crocodiles have specific cell structures that humans don't seem to have. According to Helge Rask-Andersen, professor of experimental otology at Uppsala University and one of the researchers behind the study, which was just published in the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, ...