Cancer Tumours in Mice Are Stopped From Growing

2017

CRISPR is a very efficient way of combating cancer, according to Spanish scientists. They treat cancer cells with CRISPR tools, that aim to destroy the BCR-ABL gene, which contributes to the growth of cancer cells. When untreated cancer cells are injected into mice, they quickly grow into large tumours, but the CRISPRtreated cells either grow more slowly or not at all. The BCR-ABL gene is common in patients who suffer from leukaemia, and so, scientists hope that the new method can be used in efficient leukaemia treatment.

The CRISPR tool slows down cancer cell growth in mice. Untreated cancer cells CRISPRtreated cancer cells