/PRNewswire/ In recent years, scientists have used gene modification technologies to reprogram immune cells into therapeutics that can attack cancers. But.
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T cells used in immunotherapy treatments can get exhausted and shut down by fighting cancer cells and tumors. Using a CRISPR-based edit on these cells’ genomes, researchers at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes have rendered the therapeutic cells more resilient against tumors.
/PRNewswire/ A new variation of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system makes it easier to re-engineer massive quantities of cells for therapeutic applications..