Researchers in the US have for the first time restored hearing in deaf mammals - a feat that represents a major step toward treating people with acquired hearing loss.
By inserting a corrective gene with a virus, the team at the University of Michigan Medical School induced the formation of cochlear hair cells - the key intermediaries in converting sound waves into electrical impulses - in the ears of artificially deafened adult guinea pigs, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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