LCT Breakthrough for hearing loss treatment

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Jobs Wellington - Lindsay Shelton BizSciTech Homepage Business.Scoop Business Headlines Business News Video Sci-Tech Headlines SciTech News Video Weather Video Search Business Jobs Advertising Blog World Home Page Latest Headlines World Video Most Read Search International Jobs World News RSS Global Economic Crisis US Voting Machines Suzan Mazur Lifestyle Homepage Book Reviews Culture Headlines Education Headlines Entertainment Video Health Headlines Health Video Sports Video Weather Weather Video Search Education Jobs Search Healthcare Jobs Most Read on Scoop Business News World News Culture News Education News Health News Parliament News Politics News Regional News Sci-Tech News Scoops All Latest Video Business Entertainment Lifestyle World National Politics Technology Sports Weather cssdropdown.startchrome("section_menu"); Video | Business Headlines | GMOs / Biotech | IT | Science | Scientific Ethics | Technology | More Categories E-mail It Print It Scoop It Scoop >> Sci-Tech >> Breakthrough for hearing loss treatment Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 1:24 pm Press Release: Living Cell Technologies   Living Cell Technologies’ Encapsulated Choroid Plexus Cells May Be Used To Treat Hearing Loss Wednesday 8 July 2009: Sydney, Australia, Auckland, New Zealand– Living Cell Technologies Limited (ASX: LCT; OTCQX: LVCLY) today reports that its encapsulated choroid plexus cells (NeurotrophinCell, NTCell) were shown to protect nerve cells in the inner ear from degeneration in studies done with the Bionic Ear Institute (BEI), Melbourne, Australia. Professor Rob Shepherd, director of the institute, said, “Results have important implications for strategies to improve the treatment of hearing loss with a combination of a cochlear implant and NTCell”. SEARCH NZ JOBS Info on insulation funding 3 Mth Term Deposit: 4% Search New Zealand Business A cochlear implant is an electronic device often called a ‘bionic ear’ that is surgically placed into the inner ear (cochlea) of a profoundly deaf person to directly stimulate the remaining auditory nerve. In the deaf inner ear the auditory nerve cells undergo continuous degeneration. This loss of nerve cells may be prevented by neurotrophins which are growth and support factors for brain and nerve cells. The BEI research showed that neurotrophin-producing NTCell, together with intracochlear electrical stimulation, protects auditory nerve cells from degeneration in an animal model of hearing loss. LCT’s NTCell implants are porcine choroid plexus cells of the brain that are encapsulated in a gel and when implanted do not require the use of immunosuppressive drugs. NTCell produces many different brain reparative growth and support factors known as neurotrophins. In this study NTCell capsules were successfully implanted into the inner ear of deaf animals. The scientific results from these studies have been patented. A presentation by Dr Andrew Wise, BEI scientist, titled “Protection of Spiral Ganglion Neurons with Neurotrophins and Chronic Electrical Stimulation” is scheduled for 9.15pm on July 16th, 2009 at the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis at Lake Tahoe CA, USA. 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