Tel Aviv, Sept. 15 -- Israeli and US scientists have developed a promising new gene therapy that could one day restore hearing and balance for millions of people with genetic inner ear disorders.

The therapy, which prevents the degeneration of sensory cells in the ear, has shown greater efficiency than existing approaches, offering hope for a condition that currently has no cure.

"This treatment represents an improvement over existing strategies and holds promise for treating a wide range of mutations that cause hearing loss," said Professor Karen Avraham, Dean of the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University and lead author of the study.

The research was co-led by PhD student Roni Hahn from the Department of H...