November 2018: Avraham: A first epigenetic map of hearing loss
Epigenetics is the study of inherited changes to gene expression that are not due to DNA changes. The epigenetics of the inner ear is a critical part of the mystery of hearing.
A team led by Prof. Karen B. Avraham, Edmond J. Safra member, Vice Dean of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, has now created the first map of methylation — one of the body's main epigenetic signals — that reflects the functioning of the inner ear in its entirety.
Prof. Avraham collaborated on the study with TAU doctoral student Ofer Yizhar-Barnea and Prof. R. David Hawkins and other colleagues from the University of Washington and the Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy.
Read the study published in Scientific Reports and its coverage in Tel Aviv University newsroom, Haaretz newspaper and TV Channel 13.
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