Anil Lalwani M.D.
Mendik Foundation Professor of Otolaryngology and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology;Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience and Pediatrics
Departments of Otolaryngology and Physiology and Neuroscience and Pediatrics (Administration)
Member of NYU Otolaryngology Associates
Member of NYU Otolaryngology Associates
Role of MYH9 in Hearing and Deafness
Research Summary
We have recently identified MYH9, a non muscle heavy chain myosin, as the gene responsible for DFNA17 (autosomal dominant hearing impairment). Currently, we are assessing the consequences of specific MYH9 mutations on protein function, its contribution to human deafness, and are utilizing knock-out and knock-in transgenic mouse models to assess its role in normal hearing.
Research Information
Research Interests
Molecular genetics of deafness
Gene therapy for deafness
Gene therapy for deafness
Research Keywords
genetics, molecular biology, deafness, gene therapy
