LOGAN, Utah, May 6 -- Utah State University issued the following news:

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USU Biochemists Show CRISPR Can Selectively Destroy Cells, a Cancer-Treatment Goal

Among the challenges in treating disease, including cancer, is wiping out malignancies, infection, contaminants or other pathologies without destroying healthy tissue.

"This is a holy grail of medicine and other sciences," said Utah State University biochemist Ryan Jackson.