Engineered T-cells from a donor point the way to cancer cure in 2 infants suffering from leukemia. This post from MIT Technology Review highlights the incredible medical feat. Doctors in London say they have cured two babies of leukemia in the world’s first attempt to treat cancer with genetically engineered immune cells from a donor. The experiments, which took place at ... Continue Reading
Approved: Human Trials of CRISPR for Treating Cancer
The first human trials of gene-editing technology CRISPR have just been approved. This post from Futurism sheds light on what RAC’s nod for the first human use of CRISPR entails.APPROVED!A proposal from doctors at the University of Pennsylvania for the first human use of CRISPR technology to treat cancer has just passed its first regulatory hurdle, getting the go-ahead from the ... Continue Reading