Base editing technology has been used to clear the cancer of a teenager, Alyssa(13 years old).
What was the disease Alyssa suffered from?
Alyssa was diagnosed with a kind of blood cancer known as T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL).
What is base editing?
scientists have been able to zoom into a precise part of the genetic code to alter the molecular structure of just one base, effectively changing its genetic instructions.