First CRISPR Gene Editing Trial in Cancer Patients Shows Promising Results
The first human trial involving CRISPR gene-editing technology to modify the immune cells of cancer patients recently announced its findings. The trial, which is the first of its kind to publish its results, tested three individuals with advanced cancer to see whether or not genetically edited immune cells would be safely tolerated by the patient's bodies.
The three patients in question, all in their 60s, had tumors that failed to respond to various cancer treatments. During the trial, they were given a dose of CRISPR-modified variants of their own T cells, which were deliberately edited to be more efficient at killing cancer cells. Not only were there no problems reintroducing these modified cells back into the patient's bodies, but it turned out that these cells survived longer than expected. Modified cells were found present in the patient's nine months after the treatment.
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