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Neuroscience, Biotechnology Combination Used to Tackle Inner Ear Problems

by Thomas R. Collins • December 8, 2015

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Dr. Stankovic said that all of these discoveries are evidence of what can happen when advanced science is brought to bear on real human medical problems. “Our approach overall is that we start with problems in clinical medicine—clinical otology, neurotology,” she added, “and then we use tools of biotechnology and neuroscience to ultimately help patients.”

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Thomas Collins is a freelance medical writer based in Florida.

Take-Home Points

  • Dr. Stankovic and her colleagues are developing an endoscope that can be used to establish what is happening in the inner ear.
  • She and her team have developed a prototype for a fully implantable cochlear implant.
  • The researchers could be getting closer to addressing an unmet medical need to develop well-tolerated pharmacologic therapies for vestibular schwannomas.

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Filed Under: Features, Otology/Neurotology Tagged With: Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, biotechnology, clinical, diagnosis, inner ear, neuroscience, patient care, treatmentIssue: December 2015

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