"Surprising Findings Unleash Breakthroughs in Hearing Restoration"
Researchers have discovered a new method to deliver gene therapy through cerebrospinal fluid to restore hearing in deaf mice by repairing inner ear hair cells. By utilizing the brain's natural fluid flow and a little-understood passage called the cochlear aqueduct, the scientists successfully restored hearing in adult deaf mice. This breakthrough may pave the way for using gene therapy to restore hearing in humans with genetic-mediated hearing loss.