In this project, Professor Els Henckaerts at KU Leuven, Belgium, is testing gene therapy as a method to treat hearing loss caused by mutations in the ‘stereocilin’ gene. Project start date: March 2026Project end date: February 2028 About the project One of the most common genetic causes of childhood hearing loss is a mutation in the stereocilin gene, which leads to a type of hearing loss called ‘DFNB16’. Current care for this condition involves …
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