No cure is currentlyavailable for WFS patients but therapy with medications to treat each individualpathology (i.e., glucose control and insulin therapy to treat diabetes mellitus).Treatment with hearing aids or cochlear implants is an option for patients withSNHL.[76,77] Clinical trials examining the efficacy ofidebenone and docasahexenoic acid have been shown to slow the progression of opticatrophy.[78]. The gene discussed is INS; the disease is diabetes mellitus.