Spanish National Research Council work is unlocking the potential of nitrones to treat hearing loss

At the heart of the discovery is the issue of oxidative stress, a phenomenon in cells and tissues increasingly linked to inflammatory conditions. The Spanish groups are now engaged in ways to find the therapeutic use of specific nitrones that could combat the effects of oxidative stress in hearing loss. A paper published in September's issue of the journal Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, and led by  Prof. Isabel Varela Nieto (pictured)  reviews the chemistry of nitrones, the existing literature on their use as antioxidants, and the general state of the art of antioxidant treatments for hearing loss. © Instituto IIBM-UAM The paper points out that...