New research with stem cells suggests promising results for people who are deaf.
Deaf people could one day have their hearing restored through a groundbreaking gene therapy technique, a new study suggests.
The transfer of a specific gene is shown today by a milestone experiment to trigger the growth of new hair cells in the inner ear - the usually irreplaceable sensory cells that pick up sound vibrations and that are lost as a result of ageing, disease, certain drugs, and by excessive exposure to loud sound.
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