(Part 3 of 4) Ebenezer N. Yamoah, Ph.D. spoke at the "Spotlight on Deafness," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on March 12, 2008. Yamoah overviewed the biological mechanisms of hearing and discussed his stem cell research, which seeks to regenerate hair cells of the inner ear in order to restore hearing. Yamoah has a CIRM grant to identify the requirements for differentiating human embryonic stem cells into hair cells. Yamoah is a professor of otolaryngology at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.
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