Gene Editing Tool Fights Cancer in Early Study

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For the first time in the United States, the gene editing tool known as CRISPR has been employed to fight cancer, doctors reported.

cells from each patient and altered those cells genetically to help them spot and battle cancer cells. Side effects were minimal, the"It's the most complicated genetic, cellular engineering that's been attempted so far," study leader Dr. Edward Stadtmauer, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, told theTwo to three months later, one patient's cancer has progressed and one is stable. The third patient was treated recently, so it is too soon to tell if it worked.

"It's very early, but I'm incredibly encouraged by this," Dr. Aaron Gerds, a Cleveland Clinic cancer specialist, told the

 

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