The mammalian cochlea is an extraordinary biomechanical system whose capacity for sensitivity and frequency discrimination hinges on intricate interactions between its passive structures and active ...

Proteins long known to be essential for hearing have been hiding a talent: they also act as gatekeepers that shuffle fatty molecules across cell membranes. When this newly discovered function goes ...

Hair may grow in a completely different way than scientists once believed. Instead of being pushed out from the root, new ...

For many years, biology textbooks have explained hair growth in a simple way. They say that new cells form at the bottom of ...

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the ...

Zebrafish can regenerate sensory hair cells that humans permanently lose, like those in the inner ear linked to hearing and balance. New research reveals two specific genes that control how different ...

A wearable light therapy device tuned to near-infrared wavelengths has reduced a key cellular aging marker by 92% in laboratory tests on human hair follicle cells, according to new research. The ...