Do Cells Recognize Sound? (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

Do Cells Recognize Sound?

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Scientist from Kyoto University shown that certain 'mechanosensitive' genes are suppressed when subjected to audible sound, and these effects vary on cell type.

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Kyoto University/Eiri Ono

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