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Living Cell Technologies’ Encapsulated Choroid Plexus Cells May Be Used To Treat Hearing Loss

Wednesday 8 July 2009: Sydney, Australia, Auckland, New Zealand– Living Cell Technologies Limited (ASX: LCT; OTCQX: LVCLY) today reports that its encapsulated choroid plexus cells (NeurotrophinCell, NTCell) were shown to protect nerve cells in the inner ear from degeneration in studies done with the Bionic Ear Institute (BEI), Melbourne, Australia.

Professor Rob Shepherd, director of the institute, said, “Results have important implications for strategies to improve the treatment of hearing loss with a combination of a cochlear implant and NTCell”.

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