Proteins That May Restore Damaged Sound-Detecting Cells in the Ear
i remember about a call for volunteers for an experiment treating hearing loss with some proteins and/or adenoviruses (not a specialist). this was a couple of years ago and it sounded pretty much exactly like what this article describes. a 90% success rate was expected.<p>as this was in the u.s. (washington dc, iirc?) and i'm not a citizen i didn't apply. i thought it to be a game changer, but found no follow up articles.<p>the original search even was on HN, but i have little hope of finding it again.<p>edit, after a little bit of googling:<p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464776/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464776/</a> and 
<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225386/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225386/</a>