‘Groundbreaking’ gene therapy cured a baby of her deafness
Opal underwent gene therapy in September last year (Picture: PA)An 18-month-old girl can hear for the first time thanks to a groundbreaking gene therapy for deafness.Opal underwent a gene therapy infusion in her right ear during surgery in September after her parents heard about CHORD gene therapy from an ear, nose throat (ENT) surgeon at their local hospital.The toddler, from Oxfordshire, was also fitted with a cochlear implant in her left ear to ensure she had hearing, after her parents w