Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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UCSF scientists are discovering new ways to prevent noise-induced hearing loss by blocking a gene mutation. More trials are needed but a drug called ISRIB, developed here at UCSF, has worked to prevent some kinds of genetic hearing loss in mice.

Find out more here - https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/01/426926/could-drug-prevent-hearing-loss-loud-music-and-aging