Scientists have restored hearing in the lab.By inserting a corrective gene with a virus inducing the growth of cochlear hair cells.Testing the gene ATOH1 been successfull in guinea pigs.Should it work in humans it will be fantastic,giving millions of deaf people a quality of life we take for granted.

Nice!

 

and it sounds a lot less painful and dangerous than invasive surgery and bulky implants.

Sounds like it could be a milestone. Using the same process, it might be possible to make viruses that correct any number of things - viruses, tumors, alzheimers, etc. Or, use them to modify your DNA. Perhaps an end to plastic surgery, beginning of DNA modification and superhumans?

no you cannot say that,but you can have a link

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20050214/ts_latimes/inafirsthearinglossisreversedindeafmammals