/tags/crispr CRISPR en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 09:04:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-06-23/a-year-in-1st-patient-to-get-gene-editing-for-sickle-cell-disease-is-thriving Since receiving a landmark treatment with the gene-editing tool CRISPR, a sickle cell patient has the strength to care for herself and her children — while navigating the pandemic. Tue, 23 Jun 2020 09:04:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-06-23/a-year-in-1st-patient-to-get-gene-editing-for-sickle-cell-disease-is-thriving Rob Stein /npr-news/2019-07-29/in-a-1st-doctors-in-u-s-use-crispr-tool-to-treat-patient-with-genetic-disorder Victoria Gray, 34, of Forest, Miss., has sickle cell disease. She is the first patient ever to be publicly identified as being involved in a study testing the use of CRISPR for a genetic disease. Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:18:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-07-29/in-a-1st-doctors-in-u-s-use-crispr-tool-to-treat-patient-with-genetic-disorder Rob Stein