Some deaf children in China can hear after gene treatment

Posted by dithered_djinn on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:54AM
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Re:Some deaf children in China can hear after gene treatment by dithered_djinn on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:54AM (#38070188)

The new treatment applies only to one specific cause of deafness at birth: a defect in a gene that produces a protein called otoferlin.

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