New Mechanism for Cisplatin-Associated Hearing Loss Uncovered

Side effects from chemotherapy can range from the mildly acute, such as nausea, to severe chronic disorders, like hearing loss. Understanding and potentially mitigating side effects are of paramount concern for clinicians, drug manufacturers, and patients alike. With that in mind, a team of investigators at the National Institute on Deafness and other Communications Disorders (NIDCD)—part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—has found a new way to explain the hearing loss cause