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![Katie Pope Kopp sits on a wooden bench indoors with her head resting gently on her own hand](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/crisprcancer1_custom-909b97326a3015169e9e90861b5a86a486982c81-scaled-e1670948119462-900x422.jpg)
CRISPR gene-editing may boost cancer immunotherapy, new study finds
By: Rob Stein | NPR
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PARKVILLE, Mo. (NPR) — Katie Pope Kopp went through round after round of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant to treat her non-Hodgkin lymphoma. But nothing could beat it. “I… Read More
![Carlene Knight, 54, is one of the first patients in a landmark study designed to try to restore vision in those who have a rare genetic disease that causes blindness.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/crispr-eye-5-c036ea9f67bdfe0c45f20d2ba4f0ecdf81835a88-e1620664952808-900x422.jpg)
Blind Patients Hope Landmark Gene-Editing Experiment Will Restore Their Vision
By: Rob Stein | NPR
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The unprecedented study involves using the gene-editing technique CRISPR to edit a gene while it’s still inside a patient’s body. In exclusive interviews, NPR talks with two of the first participants.
![Victoria Gray, 34, of Forest, Miss., volunteered for one of the most anticipated medical experiments in decades: the first attempt to use the gene-editing technique CRISPR to treat a genetic disorder in the U.S.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sickle-cell-crispr-3x-369436a3e26961c62152861337309caca972e70f-e1564433277500-900x422.jpg)
In A 1st, Doctors In U.S. Use CRISPR Tool To Treat Patient With Genetic Disorder
By: Rob Stein | NPR
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Victoria Gray, 34, of Forest, Miss., has sickle cell disease. She is the first patient ever to be publicly identified as being involved in a study testing the use of CRISPR for a genetic disease.
![CRISPR gene-editing technology allows scientists to make highly precise modifications to DNA. The technology is now starting to be used in human trials to treat several diseases in the U.S.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/crispr-gene-editing-technology-4ea4b96d4e75f262ffed541c3fa48b0f8263a1b9-e1555439339914-900x422.jpg)
First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway
By: Rob Stein | NPR
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This could be a crucial year for the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR as researchers start testing it in patients to treat diseases such as cancer, blindness and sickle cell disease.
![Genetically modified "gene drive" mosquitoes feed on warm cow's blood. Scientists hope these mosquitoes could help eradicate malaria.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/genedrivefinal-3-8d007ff972c020ca13dc03f631e377fc4ce58ec2-e1550682968386-900x422.jpg)
Scientists Release Controversial Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In High-Security Lab
By: Rob Stein | NPR
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The insects were created, using CRISPR, to carry a powerful “gene drive.” The mosquitoes could provide a potent weapon against malaria, but they raise fears about unpredictable environmental effects.
![Egli is attempting to fix one of the genetic defects that cause retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited form of blindness.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/crispr-eggs-1-5217fbcb1eef97ff796ac00a081b5d6375b8760b-e1549045805674-900x422.jpg)
New U.S. Experiments Aim To Create Gene-Edited Human Embryos
By: Rob Stein | NPR
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Despite outrage over gene editing in China that affected the birth of twins, research is underway in the U.S. to assess the safety and effectiveness of CRISPR tools to edit genes in human embryos.