Discovery of molecular 'spring' reveals how hearing is triggered

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Mar 5, 2025, 4:13 pm407 ptsTop
Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular "springs" that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades, researchers have known that these gating springs must exist, but they could not find them. A team from the Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging (MBExC) in Göttingen…

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