Various publications have covered a study where researchers converted white fat into brown fat using CRISPR and used it to surround tumours, starving them of essential nutrients.
As this report on the popular science website LiveScience summarises:
“Fat sucked out of the body and tweaked with the gene-editing tool CRISPR could be used to treat cancer, a study of mice and transplanted human tissues hints.
However, it remains to be seen whether the experimental therapy would be safe and effective in people.”
Read the full report here.
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