Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf mice, down to a whisper
Monday, February 6, 2017 - 12:01
in Biology & Nature
In the summer of 2015, a team of scientists eported restoring rudimentary hearing in genetically deaf mice using gene therapy. Now the research team reports restoring a much higher level of hearing -- down to 25 decibels, the equivalent of a whisper -- using an improved gene therapy vector.