Gene Therapy Allows a Deaf Child to Hear for the First Time

A gene therapy technique developed by an Italian team has allowed an 11-year-old boy with a rare form of congenital deafness to hear for the first time. The world-first result was achieved by a team at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, in the United States, and builds on the work of Alberto Auricchio’s team at TIGEM Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine in Pozzuoli.