British toddler's hearing restored after gene therapy

LONDON – An 18-month-old girl in the United Kingdom who was born completely deaf is believed to be the youngest person to have their hearing restored after undergoing groundbreaking new gene therapy.

Several medical teams around the world, including in China and the United States, have been conducting trials on similar treatments with good results for hereditary deafness that focuses on a rare genetic mutation.But UK ear surgeon Manohar Bance said the toddler, Opal, was the first person in the world to receive therapy developed by US biotechnology firm Regeneron and 'the youngest globally that's been done to date, as far as we know.

To overcome the fault, the 'new era' gene therapy from Regeneron delivers a working copy of the gene to the ear.Bance said that following surgery last September, Opal's hearing was now 'close to normal,' with further improvement expected.A second child received gene therapy in Cambridge, with positive results seen six weeks after the surgery.

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