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DOCTORS TRY CRISPR GENE EDITING FOR CANCER, A 1ST IN THE US

The first attempt in the United States to use a gene editing tool called CRISPR against cancer seems safe in the three patients who have had it so far, but it’s too soon to know if it will improve survival, doctors reported Wednesday.

The doctors were able to take immune system cells from the patients’

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