Articles for tag: Deaf Community, Gene Therapy, Hearing Loss, Hearing Restored, Medical Breakthrough

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Groundbreaking Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Deaf Teens and Adults

Suhail Ahmed

For decades, families have chased whispers – lip-read conversations, vibrating alarms, the soft rumble of a subway felt but never heard. Now a single shot into the inner ear is turning that quiet world on its head, not only for children but, astonishingly, for teenagers and young adults. In trials on hereditary deafness caused by ...

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Game-Changer in Cancer Treatment: Scientists Reprogram Cancer Cells into Healthy Ones—No Chemo Needed

Jan Otte

A South Korean research team has accomplished what was once thought of as science fiction: reprogramming malignant cancer cells into healthy, functional tissue without chemotherapy or radiation in a ground-breaking leap for oncology Under the direction of Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), this ground-breaking method may redefine ...