Treatment of Cancer
Scientists are using gene editing to try to slow cancer growth With more research, CRISPR could give us a new cancer treatment. By Claire Maldarelli Yesterday at 11:30pm Cell division University of Rochester Medical Center When you think of gene editing technologies like CRISPR , you might imagine editing genes that relate to height, eye color, or our risk of getting certain diseases. But in truth, our DNA and RNA are full of countless proteins whose jobs have tiny yet important effects on our health. Some, for example, are heavily involved in the cell cycle, which regulates how all cells grow and divide—including cancer cells. A group of researchers out of the University of Rochester Medical Center recently used the CRISPR gene editing technique to try to eliminate one of the key proteins that allow cancer cells to proliferate out of control. While it’s just a first-of-its-kind study, the researchers think that i...
