The snail-shell-shaped part of the inner ear that houses hair cells

“Using single-cell RNAseq, advanced imaging, electrophysiology, and lineage tracing, Quan et al. identified a combination (the cocktail) of drug-like molecules composed of small molecules and siRNAs that effectively reprograms fully mature wild-type supporting cells for hair cell-like cell regeneration in a mouse model with hair cell loss, representing a step forward for hearing restoration by HC [hair cell] regeneration”   MORE

Image Credit:  The Holt Lab, Harvard