Gene therapy
Gene editing injection restored hearing and balance in mice with inherited progressive deafness
Scientists in America have developed a one-time, gene editing treatment that restored hearing and balance in adult mice with a...
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One shot gene therapy led to considerable hearing improvement in deaf kids: study
A new study has documented “considerable improvement” in all 10 patients who received one injection of gene therapy for congenital...
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Researchers identify new candidate genes which could be responsible for deafness
British and American researchers have identified new ‘candidate’ genes which they say could be responsible for congenital hearing loss. A...
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Regeneron gene therapy improves hearing in 10 deaf children in CHORD trial, ARO conference hears
Ten of 12 children with profound genetic hearing loss who received Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s gene therapy showed ‘clinically meaningful, notable improvements...
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Kolling Institute gene mutation find means inherited Ménière’s may be more common
The inherited or genetic form of Ménière’s disease may be more common than first realised, according to Kolling Institute researchers...
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Sensorion gives gene therapy to third deaf toddler; provides details of first Aus patient
Sensorion has provided gene therapy to two more toddlers with congenital deafness after the first child, an Australian infant, received...
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EXCLUSIVE: First Australian child to have gene therapy for deafness in pioneering trial
EXCLUSIVE: A young child has become the first in Australia to receive pioneering gene therapy for deafness in a groundbreaking...
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The frontier of Ménière’s disease
World leading Ménière's disease researcher PROFESSOR JOSE ANTONIO LOPEZ-ESCAMEZ moved from Spain to the University of Sydney to establish the...
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Addressing the root cause of genetic deafness
Gene therapy is the new frontier in medicine, and the hearing sector is at the forefront. In this feature, we...
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MCRI study may pave way for local gene therapy for auditory neuropathy
A Melbourne study is recruiting Australians with auditory neuropathy to undergo genetic testing which could lead to gene therapy in...
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