If CRISPR allows to target specific genes, and cancer occurs when cell’s DNA changes to multiply uncontrollably and refuse the immune system’s orders to die, why can’t we just use CRISPR to solve most of the cancers?

Question

I guess there could be many genes that affect the “grow uncontrollably” part or the “refuse to die” part, but can’t we just target all of them?

In: Biology

Answer 1

You could, if you can extract literaly every cell with that mutation in the body, apply your crispr process to all 10 billion of them and then put them back…

CrisprCAS is something you do in the lab to individual cells or smal groups of cells, its not a liquid you drink and that does all that for you.