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CRISPR gene editing: Can we make cancer cells easier to kill?

For years, Eric B Kmiec, PhD, and scientists at the Gene Editing Institute have worked on developing new methods to make cancer cells more susceptible to chemotherapy.

Lung cancer, medically 3D illustration

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Upcoming Presentations

8th International Conference on Nucleic Acids & CRISPR

Date 29-30 July 2024

Location Online

Presenter Dr. Natalia Rivera-Torres

Advanced Therapies USA

Date 12-13 November 2024

Location Philadelphia, PA

Presenter Dr. Eric Kmiec

National Association of Biology Teachers 2024 Conference

Date 14th-17th November 2024

Location Anaheim, CA

Presenter Sarah LaTorre

Press Releases

Carolina Partners with ChristianaCare Gene Editing Institute to Launch CRISPR in a Box™ Kits for High School Science Labs

Carolina and the Gene Editing Institute introduce Nobel Prize-winning technology and STEM 2023 Awards Finalist kit to give students hands-on, cutting-edge lab experience of cell-free gene editing.

Eric Kmiec, Ph.D., Named Editor-in-Chief of Gene and Genome Editing

Eric Kmiec, Ph.D., executive director and chief scientific officer of ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute, has been selected as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Gene and Genome Editing. Kmiec served three years on the journal’s board prior to this new position.

ChristianaCare Gene Editing Institute’s Amanda Hewes Selected as a 2023 Outstanding Delaware Woman in STEM by Million Women Mentors

Hewes was among honorees at a special event held at Delaware Legislative Hall

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For press inquiries, please contact William Schmitt at WSchmitt@Christianacare.org. For inquiries about presentations and events, email geneeditinginstitute@christianacare.org.