An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy to restore hearing for people who were born deaf. The decision, while only immediately affecting people born with a very rare form of genetic deafness, is being hailed as a milestone in the quest to treat hearing loss. “It’s the first time in history there’s a new drug for hearing loss,” says Zheng-Yi Chen, an associate scientist at Mass Eye and Ear in Boston who…

![[CITYPNG.COM]White Google Play PlayStore Logo – 1500×1500](https://startupnews.thebackend.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CITYPNG.COMWhite-Google-Play-PlayStore-Logo-1500x1500-1-630x630.png)