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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 29/07/2015 04:50:01

Title: Can we transplant cells from our nose to our ears?
Post by: thedoc on 29/07/2015 04:50:01
Paul asked the Naked Scientists:
   
If the cells involved in smell in our noses regenerate, why cannot someone try transplanting them into the ear to regrow sound sensing hair in the inner ear, thereby improving our hearing?

It would also be helpful if linguistic knowledge could be coupled to that so that we anglophiles could hear the distinctions between "D"s and "T"s  in languages such as the Indian languages, Thai, Vietnamese, etc, but I suppose that might involve getting material from a native speakers brain and putting it into our brains.

What do you think?

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