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Research Has Potential To Help Treat Hereditary Deafness Related to the Gene SLC26A4

The sounds of success are ringing at Kansas State University through a research project that has potential to treat human deafness and loss of balance. University Distinguished Professor Dr. Philine Wangemann and her international team have published the results of this groundbreaking study in the July issue of the journal, PLoS Genetics: "SLC26A4 Targeted to the Endolymphatic Sac Rescues Hearing and Balance in SLC26A4 Mutant Mice." More than 28 million people in the United States suffer some form of hearing loss. Dr. Wangemann said mutation of SLC26A4 is one of the most common forms of hereditary hearing loss in children, not only in the USA and Europe but also in China, Japan and Korea, which makes this research very significant on a global scale. To read more of the August 2013 issue of Lifelines, go to http://www.vet.k-state.edu/depts/deve...