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First Use of CRISPR Wins Approval

In a follow up to article posted on June 20, 2016, CRISPR Up for Federal Review.

On Tuesday, a federal biosafety and ethics panel approved the first study in patients in an experiment that would use CRISPR to create genetically altered immune cells to attack three kinds of cancer: multiple myeloma, melanoma and sarcoma. Read article here…….

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