Researchers get closer to gene therapy that would restore hearing for congenitally deaf
Date Time Researchers get closer to gene therapy that would restore hearing for congenitally deaf CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have found a key new piece of the puzzle in the quest to use gene therapy to enable people born deaf to hear. The work centers around a large gene responsible for an inner-ear protein, otoferlin. Mutations in otoferlin are linked to severe congenital hearing loss, a common type of deafness in which patients can hear almost nothing. “For a long time otoferlin seemed to be a one-trick pony of a protein,” said Colin Johnson, associate pr...
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