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Report No. 1

From: Dr. Abdullah Saeed Abdullah
Director General of Health; Duhok

The ear gradually loses hair cells. Gene therapy has the potential to restore hearing in mice, offering hope for humans too, US scientists suggest.

Social factors - rather than genetics - are to blame for huge variations in ill health and life expectancy around the world, a report concludes.