Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: His father's voice, the sounds of passing cars and scissors clipping his hair: an 11-year-old boy is hearing for the first time in his life after receiving a breakthrough gene therapy.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), which carried out the treatment — a first in the United States — said in a statement on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) that the milestone represents hope for patients around the world with hearing loss caused by genetic mutations.
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