Cancer cells engineered with CRISPR slay their own kin
The technique reduced the size of tumors, a study in mice finds
ON THE OFFENSIVE Gene-edited cancer cells (green) release a protein deadly to other tumor cells (red).
Khalid Shah lab/CSTI
Using gene editing, scientists have hoodwinked tumor cells into turning against their own kind.
Cancer cells circulating in the bloodstream have something of a homing instinct, able to find and return to the tumor where they originated.