Gene therapy restores hearing in children wit
<p>A novel gene therapy for hearing loss was administered to six children in China in a clinical trial co-led by investigators at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston and Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Each child had an inherited deafness caused by mutations in the <em>OTOF </em>gene<em>,</em> called DFNB9. The researchers report in a new study in <em>The Lancet</em>, after 26 weeks, five children demonstrated hearing recovery and dramatic improvements in speech perception and the restored ability to conduct ...
Source: eurekalert.org
