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title: "Good news, everyone! "Researchers added one gene to make the T cells…"
date: 2019-05-02
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# Good news, everyone! "Researchers added one gene to make the T cells…

*May 2, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613321/crispr-has-been-used-to-treat-us-cancer-patients-for-the-first-time/](https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613321/crispr-has-been-used-to-treat-us-cancer-patients-for-the-first-time/){target="_blank"}
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Good news, everyone!\
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\"Researchers added one gene to make the T cells attack cancer, but they also used CRISPR to delete a different gene, called PD-1, which can act as a brake on the immune system's defenses.\
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Pharmaceutical drugs that inhibit PD-1, known as immunotherapies, have been dramatically effective in treating a few cancers. Now the idea is to install the same capacity directly into the DNA of T cells.\"\
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[https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613321/crispr-has-been-used-to-treat-us-cancer-patients-for-the-first-time/](https://www.technologyreview.com/f/613321/crispr-has-been-used-to-treat-us-cancer-patients-for-the-first-time/){target="_blank"}
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