Genetic Tweaks Are Restoring Hearing In Animals

Researchers have taken another step toward reversing deafness using gene therapy.

The latest success involves mice with an inherited form of deafness, a team reports Wednesday in the journal Science Translational Medicine. And a similar approach is already being tried in people with hearing loss caused by damage to cells in the inner ear.

Link: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/07/08/421204204/genetic-tweaks-are-restoring-hearing-in-animals-raising-hopes-for-people