Health
Study on canine hereditary deafness may also shed light on human hereditary hearing defects – News-Medical.Net
Finnish researchers have been the first to determine the cause for the nonsyndromic early-onset hereditary canine hearing loss in Rottweilers.
Finnish researchers have been the first to determine the cause for the nonsyndromic early-onset hereditary canine hearing loss in Rottweilers. The gene defect was identified in a gene relevant to the sense of hearing. The study can also promote the understanding of mechanisms of hearing loss in human.
Hearing loss is the most common sensory impairment and a complex problem in humans, with varying causes, severity and age of onset. Deafness and hearing loss are fairly common also in dogs, but gene…
-
Noosa News23 hours agoMeet Chad Burgess, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party
-
Noosa News24 hours agoWestern Queensland graziers begin grim stock count after catastrophic floods
-
General22 hours agoTyler Wright soaks up Bells Beach return as poor conditions at Rip Curl Pro sees men’s opening round called off
-
Noosa News20 hours agoGyrocopter pilot injured in crash-landing on K’Gari, north of Brisbane