British doctors eliminate the disease in two infants with incurable cancer by utilizing a medical first gene-editing techniques.
Source: Two Infants Cured of Terminal Cancer by Breakthrough Gene-Editing Therapy | Big Think
I’m a little uncomfortable using the word “cure” whenever it comes to cancer, but regardless this – “one of them has been cancer-free for a year and another for 18 months” – is promising progress regardless of how you label it. Whenever I hear the phrase “bio-engineering”, this is the type of thing that comes to mind.
…We can only hope.
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