A normal ear (top left) is compared with various external ear malformations that are common in children born with aural atresia, the absence of an external ear canal. This condition typically affects ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research is among multiple efforts to create skin, tissue and cartilage to overcome congenital conditions like ear ...

Researchers at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Sheba Medical Center have developed an efficient technology for the fabrication of custom-made functional aesthetic implants for the ...

Affecting about 1 to 5 of every 10,000 babies born globally, microtia is a rare disorder encompassing a spectrum of congenital ear malformations or even absence of the auricle, the visible part of the ...

Microtia is a congenital disorder that can occur as a malformation of the external ear in children. In a new study published in Science Advances, Dominika Zielinska and a research team in tissue ...

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