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A new gene therapy is giving people born deaf the chance to hear

• sgbeal 7mo ago
  Holy moley. Let's hope this leads to treatments for Tinnitus.
  • jsilence 7mo ago
    It works on people with e specific birth gene defect named OTOH. So likely not helping with tinnitus.
    • sgbeal 7mo ago
      > So likely not helping with tinnitus. Not directly, no, but here's hoping that it leads to something in the adjacent field of Tinnitus.
      • tvshtr 7mo ago
        From what I've seen recently tinnitus research is moving into completely different direction as it seems related to sleep.
  • GenericDev 7mo ago
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• achow 7mo ago
  It is from July last year. There seems to be no more update after that in this Science daily article. Source: https://news.ki.se/gene-therapy-restored-hearing-in-deaf-patients https://news.ki.se/gene-therapy-restored-hearing-in-deaf-pat...
• tommieb 7mo ago
  Does that cover those who were impacted by Rubella / German measles before birth?
  • gus_massa 7mo ago
    It looks like a very specific fix for a genetic variant, not generic solution. PS: Don't get most pregnant women get the vaccine? Here in Argentina it's mandatory like 2 doses, like at 1 year old and 5 years old, usually one extra dose when there is a (normal) measles outbreak, and another when a woman get pregnant (perhaps at 2 or 3 months).