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lebanese journalist amal khalil dies under rubble in southern lebanon as medics are blocked from reaching her. / the fda approves the first gene therapy for inherited deafness, with eighty percent of trial children gaining hearing.
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lebanese journalist amal khalil dies under rubble in southern lebanon as medics are blocked from reaching her.
the al-akhbar correspondent had taken shelter in a building that was then directly struck on april 22. cpj said the failure to allow medical access in time may constitute a war crime. it brings to fifteen the journalists and media workers killed by israel in lebanon since october 2023.
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the fda approves the first gene therapy for inherited deafness, with eighty percent of trial children gaining hearing.
approved april 23, otarmeni delivers a working copy of the otof gene to children born without the ear-to-brain messenger protein. of twenty trial participants, sixteen gained hearing; five reached essentially normal range. regeneron has committed to providing the therapy at no cost to patients in the united states.
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