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.
Yes, absolutely. This has some major implications for thousands. I should have been more clear that I’m not saying this is bunk, just that it is in a small number, limited to a specific kind of deafness, and side effects haven’t been fully studied.
I’m in no way trying to discredit what was achieved, I just hate this level of clickbait title.
About 200,000 people worldwide.
Yes, absolutely. This has some major implications for thousands. I should have been more clear that I’m not saying this is bunk, just that it is in a small number, limited to a specific kind of deafness, and side effects haven’t been fully studied.
I’m in no way trying to discredit what was achieved, I just hate this level of clickbait title.