Published in Nature · View the paper (DOI)
A new study by Rice University professor Xue Gao outlines a strategy using gene editing to slow the progression of genetic hearing disease. The research found that delivering RNA protein complexes into hair cells significantly increased hair cell survival rates and preserved hearing in rodents.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Hearing is believing in gene therapy's promise Rice University · Dec 20, 2017 · first to report
- CRISPR treatment prevents hearing loss in mice Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Dec 20, 2017
- CRISPR therapy preserves hearing in progressive deafness model Mass Eye and Ear · Dec 20, 2017