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WHAT’S
THAT YOU SAY? Fish, birds and amphibians have
one up on humans — their damaged ear
cells can repair themselves. Hearing loss becomes
a near certainty as humans grow older, with
the damage being irreversible — for now.
Victoria Chiou (left), a member of U.Va. neuroscience
professor Jeff Corwin’s research team,
is studying why sensory cells in human ears
do not regenerate themselves after suffering
damage. Full
story.
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U.Va.’s
vice president and provost has appointed Bernard
Frischer as the new director
of U.Va.’s Institute for Advanced Technology
in the Humanities. Frischer, who will assume
his duties in the fall, will also join the
faculty as professor of classics and art history.
A leading scholar in the application
of digital technologies to humanities research
and education, Frischer succeeds John Unsworth,
the institute’s first director. Full
story.
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According
to the American Cancer Society, there will
be over 60,000 new cases of bladder cancer
in the U.S. this year, resulting in over 12,000
deaths. Researchers
in U.Va.’s Health System have discovered that
a gene linked to the spread of cancer can predict
the severity of bladder cancer and the survival
rate of patients with the disease. Full
story.
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