Scientists have found a new way to explain the hearing loss caused by cisplatin, a powerful drug used to treat many forms of cancer, according to a news release from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Using a highly sensitive technique to measure and map cisplatin in mouse and human inner ear tissues, researchers found… Continue reading A Common Cancer Drug and Hearing Loss
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Cancer Drug May Help with Alzheimer’s
New research shows that a cancer drug administered to rats improved their memory and made them more attuned to what they were hearing. And that could point the way to better treatment for Alzheimer’s. “Memory-making in neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s disease is often poor or absent altogether once a person is in the advanced stages… Continue reading Cancer Drug May Help with Alzheimer’s