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[Article] Deafness reversed: One injection restores hearing in just weeks (www.sciencedaily.com)
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A new gene therapy is giving people born deaf the chance to hear, often within just weeks. In a small but groundbreaking study, researchers delivered a working copy of a key hearing gene directly into the inner ear using a single injection. All ten patients, ranging from young children to adults, experienced improved hearing, with some showing rapid gains in just one month.

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[–] 14 points 7 months ago (5 children)

And the foreskin.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Considering that trans-surgeons make it look easy, you could totally do some mechanical foreskin restoration then finish up with an extra dump of skin from your scrotum/inguinal area.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    If it doesn't recreate the nerve endings it is useless to me.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Speaking from experience, you do lose out on the important foreskin-related nerve endings, but the improvement in sensation is incredible. Plus, we’re getting close to replacing nerve endings, so you could get that procedure in the future.

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