News
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Research by Drs. Cheng and Ricci to eliminate aminoglycoside ototoxicity is featured by the Cystic Fibrosis trust
RNID and Cystic Fibrosis Trust have teamed up to fund vital research to prevent hearing loss caused by a commonly prescribed antibiotic.
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New research could prevent hearing loss for 50% of people with cystic fibrosis
RNID and Cystic Fibrosis Trust have teamed up to fund vital research to prevent hearing loss caused by a commonly prescribed antibiotic.
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A possible first step toward treating vertigo
Antibiotics, chemotherapy, infections — even normal aging — can damage the hair cells of the human inner ear.
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To prevent an antibiotic from causing hearing loss
Biophysicist Anthony Ricci, PhD, seems to spend a lot of time worrying about premature babies going deaf.
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New version of common antibiotic
A study in mice has found that a commonly used antibiotic can be modified to eliminate the risk that it will cause hearing loss.
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Cheng Lab mentioned in Huffington Post Blog
From 1972-87, I worked as a professional scuba diver for Marine World/Africa USA, an aquarium-zoo in Redwood City, California.
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Lab Alumni News
Taha Jan, who graduated from Stanford medical school in 2012 for OHNS residency at Mass Eye and Ear infirmary, has been accepted to the NIH T32 funded CSTP (Clinician Scientist Training Program) in our department. He will be returning to our lab in June 2017. Grace Kim, who graduated from Stanford medical school in 2015 for OHNS residency also at Stanford, has been accepted to the NIH T32 funded CSTP (Clinician Scientist Training Program) in our department. She will be returning to our lab in July 2017.
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Fall Team News
Patrick Atkinson has been awarded the Garnett Passe/Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation Fellowship (GPRWMF). The GPRWMF is one of the largest preeminent foundations in Australia, and the only one dedicated to excellence in Otolaryngology. Patrick’s fellowship will continue until 2018.
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New Paper by Cheng Lab Identifies Early Response Mechanism in the Inner Ear
A study published this week in Nature Communications by the Cheng Lab.
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Listen to Dr. Cheng Discuss Research to Create Safer Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
Dr. Alan Cheng discusses his work with Dr. Ricci.