Cancer-Killing CRISPR Viruses Destroy Their "Command Centers" From Within
CRISPR - Cas9 , the efficient , bum , and incredibly effectivegene - editingmechanism , is able to customize the genetic codification of any cell so as to do – or seek to do – some truly astonishing things . From snip off out damaged genetic section withinhuman embryostoediting HIVout of septic cell , it ’s a revolutionary tool whose potential has only just begun to become clear . Now , as reported in a newNature Biotechnologystudy , CRISPR has been used to insert a “ suicide gene ” into the genomes of malignant neoplastic disease cells in mouse , which – you reckon it – causes them to self - destruct ....