Hair Bundle Health (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

Hair Bundle Health

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Unaffected mice, at left, have sensory hair bundles organized in 'V' formations with three rows of cilia (bottom left). This orderly structure falls apart in the mutant mice (middle column), but is dramatically restored after gene therapy treatment.

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Gwenaelle Géléoc and Artur Indzkykulian

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