{"title":"Gene therapy for deafness: we can do more","authors":"Yuxin Chen, Jiake Zhong, Yilai Shu","doi":"10.1038/s41576-024-00809-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Challenges in the development of treatments for hereditary hearing loss include the exploration of the underlying pathological mechanisms, the comprehensive evaluation of safety and efficacy of gene therapies in clinical trials, the optimization of surgical approaches for drug delivery, and effective collaboration between industry and academia. Gene therapy for congenital deafness has made a breakthrough in recent clinical trials. However, more work is needed to develop successful treatments for hereditary hearing loss, as the authors argue in this Comment.","PeriodicalId":19067,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Genetics","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":39.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Reviews Genetics","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-024-00809-8","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"GENETICS & HEREDITY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Challenges in the development of treatments for hereditary hearing loss include the exploration of the underlying pathological mechanisms, the comprehensive evaluation of safety and efficacy of gene therapies in clinical trials, the optimization of surgical approaches for drug delivery, and effective collaboration between industry and academia. Gene therapy for congenital deafness has made a breakthrough in recent clinical trials. However, more work is needed to develop successful treatments for hereditary hearing loss, as the authors argue in this Comment.
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