While genomic research has identified many genetic targets that have the potential to modify the course of a disease, there has been little translation of that into genetic therapies. However, the discovery of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) segments and the subsequent development of CRISPR systems in 2011 revolutionized...

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. Human papillomavirus subtype 16 (HPV16) is the primary cause of most HPV-associated HNSCCs, as well as cervical cancer, making the virus a major global health threat. While there are HPV vaccines...