Gene editing
Gene editing
UD grads find success working at ChristianaCareâs Gene Editing Institute
Natalia Rivera-Torres, Brett Sansbury and Kelly Banas are still in the early stages of their professional careers. But already, these research scientists working at ChristianaCareâs Gene Editing Institute have earned national recognition for their work with CRISPR technology, expanding the use of gene editing to improve the diagnosis and treatment of diseases like cancer while also helping to increase access to gene editing techniques for the next generation of researchers.
Rivera-Torres, who graduated from the University of Delaware in 2019 with a doctorate in medical sciences from the Department of Medical and Molecular Sciences, is credited with helping researchers understand how gene repair is carried out in human cells and also how the process may vary in patient samples. She was also the first graduate student to receive a research fellowship award from the And