/tags/sickle-cell Sickle cell en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:02:24 GMT /2020-12-15/1st-patients-to-get-crispr-gene-editing-treatment-continue-to-thrive As the first patient to receive an experimental treatment that relied on the gene-editing technique CRISPR continues to do well 17 months later, more patients seem to be benefiting, too. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:02:24 GMT /2020-12-15/1st-patients-to-get-crispr-gene-editing-treatment-continue-to-thrive Rob Stein /2020-03-04/in-a-1st-scientists-use-revolutionary-gene-editing-tool-to-edit-inside-a-patient Doctors used CRISPR to edit genes of cells inside a patient's eye, hoping to restore vision to a person blinded by a rare genetic disorder. A similar strategy might work for some brain diseases. Wed, 04 Mar 2020 10:00:00 GMT /2020-03-04/in-a-1st-scientists-use-revolutionary-gene-editing-tool-to-edit-inside-a-patient Rob Stein /npr-breaking-news/2019-12-25/a-young-mississippi-womans-journey-through-a-pioneering-gene-editing-experiment NPR tells the exclusive, behind-the-scenes story of the first person with a genetic disorder to be treated in the United States with the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR. Wed, 25 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2019-12-25/a-young-mississippi-womans-journey-through-a-pioneering-gene-editing-experiment Rob Stein /2019-10-10/a-patient-hopes-gene-editing-can-help-with-pain-of-sickle-cell-disease She's the first patient with a genetic disorder to be treated with the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR. The treatment has wrapped up, and now she's waiting to see if it brings relief. Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:07:00 GMT /2019-10-10/a-patient-hopes-gene-editing-can-help-with-pain-of-sickle-cell-disease Rob Stein