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    Opioid-free solution for chronic pain developed by scientists
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 28

    Opioid-free solution for chronic pain developed by scientists

    A gene therapy for chronic pain, developed by researchers at UC San Diego, could offer a safer, non-addictive alternative to opioids.
    'First-of-its-kind' gene therapy restores severe hearing loss
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 24

    'First-of-its-kind' gene therapy restores severe hearing loss

    Hearing loss has been linked to mutations in at least 100 different genes, but up to 16 percent can be traced to just one gene, STRC.
    Gene therapy advance shown to restore severe hearing loss
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 16, 2021

    Gene therapy advance shown to restore severe hearing loss

    Hearing loss has been linked to mutations in ~100 different genes, but up to 16 percent of genetic hearing loss can be traced to STRC gene.
    Gene therapy can restore vision after stroke
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 19, 2021

    Gene therapy can restore vision after stroke

    Most strokes happen when an artery in the brain becomes blocked. Blood flow to the neural tissue stops, and those tissues typically die.
    A new type of gene-based therapy partially restored a blind man’s vision
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 25, 2021

    A new type of gene-based therapy partially restored a blind man’s vision

    Light-activated proteins inserted in eye nerve cells and special goggles help him see objects
    With gene therapy, scientists develop opioid-free solution for chronic pain
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 11, 2021

    With gene therapy, scientists develop opioid-free solution for chronic pain

    A gene therapy for chronic pain could offer a safer, non-addictive alternative to opioids. Researchers at the UCSD...

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