Hearing and touch have common genetic basis: Gene mutation leads to impairment of two senses
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
New research shows that hearing and touch have a common genetic basis. In patients with Usher syndrome, a hereditary form of deafness accompanied by impaired vision, researchers have discovered a gene mutation that is also causative for the patients' impaired touch sensitivity.
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