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A Fast Throughput Drosophila Model to Identify Drug Treatments for Age-related Hearing Loss (ARHL)

Project description

The fruit fly can help cure human deafness

Age-related hearing loss affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. Approximately one-third of people above 65 years of age suffer from disabling and chronic hearing loss. The EU-funded Clockstop project is helping to find a treatment. Building on previous data on the interrelation between the auditory and circadian system, the project devised a model of Age-related Hearing Loss (ARHL) in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The aim of this experimental paradigm will be to develop new treatments to cure or prevent human deafness.

Host institution

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Net EU contribution
€ 150 000,00
Address
Gower Street
WC1E 6BT London
United Kingdom

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Region
London Inner London — West Camden and City of London
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
No data

Beneficiaries (1)

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
United Kingdom
Net EU contribution
€ 150 000,00
Address
Gower Street
WC1E 6BT London

See on map

Region
London Inner London — West Camden and City of London
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
No data