Opal hears for first time after gene cure
Daily Mirror UK|May 09, 2024
Toddler amazes scientists after ground-breaking medical trial
MARTIN BAGOT 
Opal hears for first time after gene cure

A TODDLER can hear for the first time after becoming the world's youngest patient to get pioneering gene therapy.

Opal was born completely deaf because of a rare genetic condition that disrupts nerve impulses travelling from the inner ear to the brain.

When she was 11 months old she took part in a medical trial in which a harmless virus containing a working copy of her faulty gene was injected into in the cochlear of her right ear.

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