An 18-month old British girl who was born completely deaf is believed to be the youngest person to have their hearing restored after undergoing groundbreaking new gene therapy. But U.K. ear surgeon Manohar Bance said the toddler, Opal, was the first person in the world to receive therapy developed by U.S. biotech firm Regeneron and "the youngest globally that's been …
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