Gene Editing Restored Hearing in Adult Mice with Inherited Deafness
Researchers successfully restored hearing in adult mice with inherited hearing loss by using gene editing to shut down a damaged copy of the MIR96 gene.
Tag: progressive hearing loss
All
Latest
All
Latest
Gene Therapy in Mice with Usher Syndrome Type III May Help Prevent Hearing Loss, Study Shows
The researchers were able to postpone the onset of hearing loss and associated hair cell degeneration by about a month, providing enough time to inject normal copies of the Clarin-1 gene into the ear before the onset of hearing loss to see if the treatment was effective.
