Episode 780
Deafness gene identified
Researchers think more than 30,000 people in North Western Europe might carry this mutation
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
July 29, 20205m 26s
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Show Notes
After 22 years of searching, researchers at the Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands have successfully identified the genetic cause behind a certain type of inherited adult hearing loss - a defect in the so-called RIPOR2 gene. Eva Higginbotham spoke to geneticist Hannie Kremer and ear nose and throat surgeon Ronald Pennings about how they did it. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
deafness geneRIPOR2Hannie KremerRonald PenningsRadBoud University medical centre