CRISPR Edited T Cells Win The TvT Battle - Patent
T-cells which have been modified using CRISPR base editing technology have been successfully used to treat T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia for the first time.
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T-cells which have been modified using CRISPR base editing technology have been successfully used to treat T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia for the first time.
Alyssa had undergone chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant - but her leukaemia remained. She then received genetically-edited T-cells in the first use of the therapy at Great Ormond Street.
A teenage girl's incurable cancer has been cleared from her body in the first use of a revolutionary new type of medicine.
New way of altering DNA is used to engineer an "exciting", experimental therapy for a 13-year girl.
Praising this paper's partnership with Cancer Research UK, the Prime Minister said more needed to be done to beat childhood cancer and gave his full backing to the 'excellent' cause.