Deaf toddler can hear after world-first gene #therapy
A #British toddler who was born deaf has had her hearing restored by groundbreaking gene therapy. #Researchers say it marks a new era in the #treatment of #deafness.
Deaf since birth, an 11-year-old boy now hears thanks to gene therapy that replaced a faulty gene with a healthy one, offering hope for millions with similar hearing loss.
"After attending ICFJ’s Disarming Disinformation Empowering the Truth Global Summit in March 2023, [Willy] Chowoo developed an idea to leverage smartphones to generate multimedia content that would help deaf audiences become more aware of the overwhelming presence of disinformation."
An adult who becomes deaf cannot regain their hearing since the inner ear's sensory cells, once damaged, don't regenerate. In recent research, with partial funding from the National Institutes of Health and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS), USC Stem Cell re
Decoding Deafness: USC Scientists Tune Into Hearing Regeneration (scitechdaily.com)
An adult who becomes deaf cannot regain their hearing since the inner ear's sensory cells, once damaged, don't regenerate. In recent research, with partial funding from the National Institutes of Health and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS), USC Stem Cell re