The Brain Prize Presents: Christine Petit

  • Published13 Mar 2019
  • Reviewed13 Mar 2019
  • Source The Brain Prize

In 2012 the Brain Prize went to professors Christine Petit and Karen Steel for their efforts to understand deafness at a molecular level, where extraordinary sensitivity to mechanical stimulation underpins the senses of hearing and balance.

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