Comment Comment by ethbr0 This pulls together so many advancements that it would make a 90s oncologist cry.1) Being able to rapidly sequence the genomes of cancer cells to detect common mutations2) Computationally simulating those mutations to look for viable T-cell targets3) Custom building T-cell receptor proteins [0] capable of recognizing those targets4) Inserting those custom receptor proteins into the patients' own T-cells with CRISPRTruly, we're living in the days of future medicine...[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-cell_receptor parent ethbr0 4 years ago
1) Being able to rapidly sequence the genomes of cancer cells to detect common mutations
2) Computationally simulating those mutations to look for viable T-cell targets
3) Custom building T-cell receptor proteins [0] capable of recognizing those targets
4) Inserting those custom receptor proteins into the patients' own T-cells with CRISPR
Truly, we're living in the days of future medicine...
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-cell_receptor