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Gene Therapy Changes Life Of Star Singer Suffering From Childhood Blindness – WENY-TV

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2017-12-20 NEWS

Gene Therapy Changes Life Of Star Singer Suffering From Childhood Blindness
WENY-TV
PHILADELPHIA — On Tuesday the FDA approved a groundbreaking gene therapy treatment developed by doctors at the University of Pennsylvania. That same treatment has helped changed the life of a star singer suffering from childhood blindness. America’s

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2017-12-20 NEWS

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CRISPR: The Next Hearing-Loss Treatment?
MIT Technology Review
In mice, scientists injected CRISPR-Cas9 directly into the tiny hairs of the inner ear, which pick up the vibrations of sound waves and convert them into signals the brain can interpret (in the image above, a mouse’s cochlear hairs show up green). When
CRISPR Treatment Prevents Hearing Loss in MiceHoward Hughes Medical Institute
CRISPR Could Soon Charge into Hearing Loss Drug Race, New Study SuggestsXconomy
CRISPR Helps Mice HearThe Scientist
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