Cells in a labLab or animal study · Nutrients · Oct 16, 2026

Zinc supplements eased hearing loss in aging mice

Mice given zinc glycinate by mouth heard better as they aged, and their inner ear hair cells had less damage. This is early work in animals, so it does not show the same effect in people.

Summary of earlier studiesReview · Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · Sep 26, 2026

The Oxidative-Mitochondrial-Inflammatory Axis in Retinitis Pigmentosa: Extracellular mtDNA as Biomarker and Therapeutic Read-Out.

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common inherited retinal dystrophy (prevalence ~1:4000) and a leading Mendelian cause of working-age blindness.