Researchers pinpoint possible way to prevent permanent hearing loss caused by common childhood cancer drug (IMAGE)

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Researchers pinpoint possible way to prevent permanent hearing loss caused by common childhood cancer drug

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University of Alberta researcher Amit Bhavsar is leading a team that has identified a receptor in cells that could be key to preventing permanent hearing loss in childhood cancer survivors who are being treated with the drug cisplatin.

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William Au

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