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Personalised cell ‘editing’ used to treat cancer patients for first time: Study

Personalised cell ‘editing’ used to treat cancer patients for first time: Study

Scientists have, for the first time, used CRISPR technology to insert genes that allow immune cells to attack cancer cells, potentially leaving normal cells unharmed and increasing the effectiveness of immunotherapy.

The CRISPR gene editing technique has been previously used in humans to remove specific genes to allow the immune system to be more activated against cancer.

The research, published in the journal Nature, used CRISPR to not only…


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