Scientists use editing tool to identify key cancer genes
by Seth Jacobson from Science | The Guardian on (#4CX5F)
Hopes of new treatments after research uncovers genes essential to disease's survival
Researchers working with a revolutionary gene editing tool have discovered thousands of genes that are essential for the survival of cancer cells, holding out the prospect of major advances in treatment.
Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire worked with the Crispr/Cas9 system to disrupt every gene within 30 different types of cancer.
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