Deafness reversed: One injection restores hearing in just weeks
www.sciencedaily.com
A new gene therapy is giving people born deaf the chance to hear, often within just weeks. In a small but groundbreaking study, researchers delivered a working copy of a key hearing gene directly into the inner ear using a single injection. All ten patients, ranging from young children to adults, experienced improved hearing, with some showing rapid gains in just one month.

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A new gene therapy is giving people born deaf the chance to hear, often within just weeks. In a small but groundbreaking study, researchers delivered a working copy of a key hearing gene directly into the inner ear using a single injection. All ten patients, ranging from young children to adults, experienced improved hearing, with some showing rapid gains in just one month.

  • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zipEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    I like to imagine the opposite scenario

    Scientist 1: DEAR GOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

    Scientist 2: Go away you weren’t supposed to -

    Scientist 1: Wait, wasn’t that mouse blind? How can it see the -

    Scientist 2: Yeah uhh… I was doing a uhh… An experiment… Look at that, it worked! Praise be! Better document everything for science! Good thing somebody left this camera here… Recording…