Usher Syndrome Research at Boston Children’s Hospital
Dr. Géléoc and her team at Boston Children's Hospital were able to restore hearing and the vestibular system in a mouse model with USH1C by introducing a healthy copy of the protein Harmonin with the help of an AAV vector.
Boston Children’s Hospital Science News
Scientists at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School are studying how the body grows and repairs itself by creating tiny “mini-organs” in the lab. These mini-organs, called organoids, are made from human stem cells. Some organoids are made to resemble parts of the inner ear, while others resemble skin.
