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Cancer: ‘Single-step’ CRISPR treatment may provide lifelong protection
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Cancer: ‘Single-step’ CRISPR treatment may provide lifelong protection

In a small trial, researchers have used gene-editing technology for the first time to treat breast, colon, and lung cancer in humans. Image credit: Andrew Brookes/Getty Images. For the first time, researchers have used CRISPR technology to substitute genes in patients’ immune cells to treat cancer. Participants included 16 patients with different solid cancers including...