Deafness reversed: Single injection brings hearing back within weeks
www.sciencedaily.com
A cutting-edge gene therapy has significantly restored hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness, showing dramatic results just one month after a single injection. Researchers used a virus to deliver a healthy copy of the OTOF gene into the inner ear, improving auditory function across all ten participants in the study. The therapy worked best in young children but still benefited adults, with one 7-year-old girl regaining almost full hearing. Even more exciting: this is just the start, as scientists now aim to target other genes that cause more common forms of deafness.
  • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I hope gene therapy becomes more prevalent, because these purely academic examples would likely be priced out of the reach of the vast majority of people suffering from these things. Capitalism must have its pound of flesh (or gold).