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Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial (www.independent.co.uk)
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Opal Sandy, aged 18 months, was born completely deaf due to condition auditory neuropathy

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[-] hallettj@leminal.space 3 points 5 months ago

I don't know anything about the treatment. But to be hereditary the genome changes would have to affect gametes. If genes are only changed in other targeted tissue then the changes wouldn't be inherited.

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