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Researchers shed light on hearing loss and touch sensitivity connection
A European team of researchers has discovered that people with a specific form of inherited hearing loss are more sensitive to low frequency vibration.
Piecing together a genetic puzzle
A European team of scientists has discovered how cells accurately inherit information that is not contained in their genes. The research, presented in the journal Developmental Cell, was funded in part by the EPICENTROMERE ('Determining the epigenetic mechanism of centromere propagation') project, which has clinched a Marie Curie Action 'International Reintegration Grant' worth EUR 100 000 under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
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