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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Flies With Usher Syndrome Help Scientists Learn About Hearing
The study of fruit flies with the same cause of deafness as in people with Usher Syndrome Type 1B may help scientists to better understand how sound is converted to nerve impulses. Researchers from the University of Iowa and Duke University in North Carolina investigated how the protein myosin VIIA affects hearing, according to Science Blog ('Deaf Flies Yield Clues to Auditory Machinery', 9 May 2005).
The research was published in Current Biology on 10 May 2005 by Soko Todi and others. A summary of the report, titled 'Myosin VIIA Defects, which Underlie the Usher 1B Syndrome in Humans, Lead to Deafness in Drosophila' can be read online.
The research was published in Current Biology on 10 May 2005 by Soko Todi and others. A summary of the report, titled 'Myosin VIIA Defects, which Underlie the Usher 1B Syndrome in Humans, Lead to Deafness in Drosophila' can be read online.
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