Queensland researchers are hailing a world-first breakthrough in for cervical cancer treatment, having killed off tumours in mice using CRISPR gene-editing technology.
Scientists say all the treated mice had a 100 per cent survival rate with help from the technology, which changes the sequence of DNA to help correct gene mutations.
Lead researcher Professor Nigel McMillan attributed the successful treatment to his inquisitive Iranian medical student, Dr Luqman Jubair, who added an extra series of four injections into the experiment, which was originally meant to include only three injections.