Friday, February 25, 2005

Gene Therapy for Deafness

By Roger Highfield
American scientists have found that the transplant of a specific gene permits the growth of new hair cells in the inner ear.. The technique, which one day could help millions of people worldwide, was described yesterday by Dr Yehoash Raphael of the Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, in the journal Nature Medicine.
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