Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
cell . - noun The trichocyst of an infusorian, corresponding to the thread-cell or nematocyst of a cœlenterate.
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Examples
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However, finding a cure for hearing loss using hair-cell regeneration is likely to be at least 20 years away, they say.
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They also determined that hair-cell regeneration can result in improved hearing; in experiments, song birds that had grown new hair cells were able to resume singing their original songs with perfect pitch again.
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And why some animals, even within the same species, are more vulnerable to hair-cell death, while others are more resistant to it, is a mystery.
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"Birds and fish can regenerate their hair cells, and we've done it on frogs," said Dr. John House, president of the House Ear Institute, a nonprofit research group in Los Angeles, which is working on hair-cell regeneration.
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Dr. Rubel’s and Dr. Raible’s teams also are studying the genetics of zebrafish to identify markers that confer hair-cell protection.
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Other researchers, like those at the University of Washington, are focused on understanding the molecules and genetics involved with hair-cell regeneration, and how to mimic this process in animals that don’t spontaneously regenerate hair cells.
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