Marcelo Rivolta (Prof)

Professor of Sensory Stem Cell Biology

University of Sheffield; Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Rinri Therapeutics, UK.

Latest Contribution

Images showing undifferentiated, human pluripotent stem cells in culture and otic neuroprogenitors generated from human pluripotent stem cells by differentiating them using chemical signals that mimic human development.

The changing landscape for hearing loss therapeutics: novel advances of gene and cell therapies

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult

Recent years have seen advances in hearing loss therapeutics, with novel treatments trialled in humans, and others nearing promising first-in-kind clinical trials. First successful clinical trials for a specific form of genetic hearing loss Very exciting news has emerged in...

Image displaying undifferentiated, pluripotent stem cells.

Cell therapies for hearing loss

2 September 2022 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic

Cell therapies could offer a way to repair damage to the auditory system and reverse many types of hearing loss. This article looks at the progress being made.