The Nose Knows: Gene Therapy Restores Sense of Smell in Mice
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 13:01
in Biology & Nature
A team of scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions report that restoring tiny, hair-like structures to defective cells in the olfactory system of mice is enough to restore a lost sense of smell. The results of the experiments were published online last week in Nature Medicine, and are believed to represent the first successful application of gene therapy to restore this function in live mammals.