In an effort to better understand how the inner ear can hear the quietest of noises, researchers from Yale University stumbled across a potential new way the human body actively manages sound ...

When it comes to repairing human bodies ... or nerves. Thus, ear reconstruction is perhaps a perfect starting point for creating new body parts from scratch. Lessons learned in this project ...

The hydrogel eventually biodegrades; after about six months the ear is composed entirely of human cells ... Before programming a machine to build a body part, Atala says, scientists need ...

Creating 3D scaffolds from images of human ears also enables personalized ear replicas that reflect the unique contours and patterns of individual auricles, which can vary widely. “The body is the ...

Related: 10 body parts that are useless in humans (or maybe ... To learn more about these small ear muscles, Hackley and colleagues recruited 20 participants with normal hearing and attached ...