Purpose To provide recommendations and standard operating procedures for intensive care
units and hospital preparedness for an influenza pandemic. Methods Based on a literature …

Although the basic principles underlying the function of the peripheral auditory system have
been known for many years, the molecules required for hearing have hitherto remained …

The identification of mutations underlying monogenic, early-onset forms of deafness in
humans has provided unprecedented insight into the molecular mechanisms of hearing in the …

Background Preclinical studies suggest that exogenous surfactant may be of value in the
treatment of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and two phase 2 clinical trials …

Background The available data on antimicrobial stewardship programmes in Africa are scarce.
The aims of this study were to assess the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship …

Hair cells in mouse cochlear cultures are selectively labeled by brief exposure to FM1-43, a
styryl dye used to study endocytosis and exocytosis. Real-time confocal microscopy …

The tectorial membrane is an extracellular matrix of the inner ear that contacts the stereocilia
bundles of specialized sensory hair cells. Sound induces movement of these hair cells …

Background Conditional knockout mice and transgenic mice expressing recombinases,
reporters, and inducible transcriptional activators are key for many genetic studies and comprise …

Nonsyndromic hearing impairment is one of the most heterogeneous hereditary conditions,
with more than 40 loci mapped on the human genome 1, however, only a limited number of …

α-tectorin is an extracellular matrix molecule of the inner ear. Mice homozygous for a
targeted deletion in α-tectorin have tectorial membranes that are detached from the cochlear …