Newly Formed Cochlear Hair Cells (IMAGE)

MacDougall Biomedical Communications, Inc.

Newly Formed Cochlear Hair Cells

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Newly formed cochlear hair cells contain intricate hair bundles with many stereocilia (critical for sensing sound) and other components that are critical for proper function and neural transmission.

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Will McLean, Ph.D., Co-founder and Vice President, Biology and Regenerative Medicine of Frequency Therapeutics

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