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

Crispr isn’t a magic wand. You can’t wave it over the body and somehow change all the defective cells DNA perfectly. There is a Nobel prize and billions of dollars in royalties waiting for someone to figure out how to apply gene editing to all cancers.