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Editas to use CRISPR on natural killer cells

by Ryan Cross
February 22, 2019 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 97, Issue 8

 

Gamida Cell and the CRISPR gene-editing company Editas Medicine are joining forces to create a cancer therapy with natural killer (NK) cells. Gamida has a chemical method to expand the growth of NK cells, a kind of immune cell that can target tumors. A Phase I study of Gamida’s NK cell therapy for treating blood cancers is underway. Editas plans to engineer Gamida’s NK cells to make them better at killing tumors.

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