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Rose Ayling-Ellis admits she is 'heartbroken' and 'frightened' of the new 'deaf cure' as Strictly pal Giovanni Pernice reaches out


Rose Ayling-Ellis admitted she is 'heartbroken' and 'frightened' as she discussed the world's first deaf gene therapy trial on Instagram on Saturday.

The EastEnders star was supported by her former dancing partner Giovanni Pernice as she shared a sweet photo of herself as a child along with a number of the headlines about the gene therapy Professor Manohar Bance, an ear surgeon at the trust and chief investigator for the trial, said the results were 'better than I hoped or expected' and may cure patients with this type of deafness. Jo Sandy, a 33-year-old secondary school geography teacher, and her husband James, 33, who works in car manufacturing, said they were 'gobsmacked' when they realised Opal could hear without the need for a cochlear implant.

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