Justin Choi

What is Gene Editing? Gene editing or genome (a gene consists of DNA to code one protein whereas a ‘genome’ refers to entire sum of DNA in an organism) editing has attracted the attention of the scientific community for its potential to treat human disease. CRISPR (pronounced “crisper”) is one of the most promising gene editing technologies and is gaining…

What is CAR-T cell therapy? CAR-T cell therapy has recently emerged as one of the most exciting advances in cancer immunotherapy. It is a type of personalized medicine in which T cells, a type of cell in blood, are engineered for therapeutic treatment of cancers including leukemia and lymphoma. T cells are collected and isolated from either the cancer patient…