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Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science research associates Francine Jodelka (left) of Palatine and Anthony Hinrich (right) of Chicago with Dr. Dominik Duelli of Lake Bluff with mice that helped with the break through for preventing deafness and blindness in humans. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Michelle Hastings, a Lake Bluff resident and molecular biologist at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, has been researching deafness and blindness for several years and recently had a significant breakthrough. | Special to the News-Sun ORG XMIT: CST1302081623392329
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science research associate Anthony Hinrich of Chicago with a mouse that had the Usher Syndrome and was cured of deafness. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science research associate Francine Jodelka of Palatine with a mouse that has the Usher Syndrome and is deaf. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
An untreated mouse (left) and a treated mouse used in the break through of deafness at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science research associate Francine Jodelka of Palatine with a mouse that has the Usher Syndrome and is deaf. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
NORTH CHICAGO — A team of researchers at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science has restored hearing in mice that have the same genetic mutation that causes deafness in many humans. The research, which offers hope that some types of deafness, including that caused …
