Recent advancements in gene therapy show promising results for treating hereditary deafness. Preliminary data suggest that bilateral gene therapy could enhance speech perception, sound source localization, and overall auditory experience. An interim analysis of a single-arm trial involving five children with hereditary deafness revealed that binaural adeno-associated virus gene therapy is safe and leads to hearing improvement up to 13–26 weeks of follow-up. Otolaryngologists are optimistic about the potential of innovative cochlear implant gene therapy for deaf children. It is estimated that 1-2 in 1000 children suffer from hearing loss at birth, significantly contributed by genetic defects in over a dozen genes.
An interim analysis of a single-arm trial in five children with hereditary deafness shows that binaural adeno-associated virus gene therapy is safe and leads to hearing improvement up to 13–26 weeks of follow-up, according to a paper in @NatureMedicine. https://t.co/f68IcQ2me1 https://t.co/MOelOal9rY
1-2 in 1000 children suffer from hearing loss at birth, significantly contributed by genetic defects in over a dozen genes. Gene therapy could offer them a promise for sound future. @RcBHOYAR and I write in @the_hindu Read the full text here https://t.co/qXMFhHEyYi https://t.co/WZV5tqHe8i
Otolaryngologists optimistic innovative cochlear implant gene therapy holds promise for deaf Children https://t.co/KluTtD5u3z #punchhealthwise
Five children who were born deaf can now hear after receiving gene therapy to provide a normal copy of a mutated gene. https://t.co/Jc2GlWHHZf https://t.co/bOw5fnKzxI
off we go with the first one! "preliminary data suggest that it could enhance speech perception, sound source localization and overall auditory experience" we are curing hereditary deafness! https://t.co/mPgdBBgEqI https://t.co/0JRJo4daDK
Bilateral #genetherapy for hereditary #deafness appears safe, and preliminary data suggest that it could enhance speech perception, sound source localization and overall auditory experience. News and Views from Mustafa Tekin and colleagues @umiamimedicine https://t.co/K3TyzFRDIP