Genetic Cause of Age-related Hearing Loss, Found at Indiana U
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as they age.In a study of 50 pairs of fraternal twins with hearing loss, the scientists uncovered evidence linking the hearing loss to a particular region of DNA that previously was tied to a hereditary form of progressive deafness that begins much earlier in life.
The work is believed to be the first genomic screening in search of genes associated with hearing loss using a sample of elderly people drawn from the general population. The 50 sets of twins were drawn from a group of twins who are veterans of World War II and the Korean War.
The study results suggest that the region of DNA discovered is in a region that may contain an important locus for hearing loss in the general population. This region of DNA identified by the IU researchers is a section of chromosome 3 named DFNA18 that has already been implicated in a 2001 study of hereditary deafness in a large German family.
Source: IU News Info
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