Can’t smell anything? Discovery may give you hope

Posted September 2nd, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

Scientists have restored the sense of smell in mice through gene therapy for the first time -- a hopeful sign for people who can’t smell anything from birth or lose it due to disease. The achievement in curing congenital anosmia may also aid research on other conditions that also stem from problems with the cilia.

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