Monday, February 27, 2017

Scientists use gene therapy to make deaf mice hear again:

  • Scientists restored hearing ability of deaf mice by using a engineered virus to replace the defective genes in the mouse. 
  • The process of using a virus to transfer a gene into an organism is called Transduction.
  • Scientists are still figuring out to use gene therapy effectively in humans to cure genetic disorders, just like in mice.
Source: "Gene therapy restores auditory and vestibular function in a mouse model of Usher syndrome type 1c"


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