Gene Therapy Involving Antibiotics May Help Patients With Usher Syndrome
Saturday, June 7, 2008 - 23:21
in Health & Medicine
A new approach to treating vision loss caused by Type 1 Usher syndrome (USH1), the most common condition affecting both sight and hearing, has been developed. Preliminary results using a class of drugs called aminoglycosides, commonly used as antibiotics, had had promising effects in vitro and in cell culture.
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