---
title: 'CRISPR than a New Pair of (Onco) Genes, with Erin Marshall'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/crispr-than-a-new-pair-of-onco-genes-with-erin-marshall'
show: 'Sicker Than Your Average Health Show'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/sicker-than-your-average-health-show'
published: '2021-04-06'
audio: 'https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/f4269069-d197-44f3-8b9f-ab0272004e61/episodes/e29832c1-2013-4a46-a4a5-64bdb8b3ee8c/audio/1a6f64ea-4ced-48ba-97da-2e78904c1d0e/default_tc.mp3'
---

# CRISPR than a New Pair of (Onco) Genes, with Erin Marshall

## Summary

Gene editing, amazing technology, and personalized medicine?! From advancements in treatment to providing insight on improving rates of survival, cancer PhD student and friend of the show Erin Marshall (University of British Columbia) has us covered. Together we explain a big misconception of cancer, share some of the mind blowing research developments in the world of oncology, and how these advancements have made “cancer startups” all the rage.

Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.

[Twitter: @SickHealthShow](https://twitter.com/sickhealthshow?lang=en)

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[Ritual Music Promotion: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow](https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow)

**Credits**

Thanks to Erin Marshall, the expert guest on the episode

Logo design: Brad Hart

Musical theme: Double Whistle TripHop by Down 7 thanks to [RitualMusic.com](https://www.ritualmusic.com/)

Editor: Mack Britton

**Links**

[The top 10 causes of death](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death)

[Statistics Canada - Leading causes of death](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310039401)

[BC Cancer Foundation](https://bccancerfoundation.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw6qqDBhB-EiwACBs6x6ZzUZpShcZWLcpIbCU5ndRzMpE-XA6cmY31dU5e1W1HlA5u6YhXSxoCzpwQAvD_BwE)

[https://cc-arcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Current-gotay.pdf](https://cc-arcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Current-gotay.pdf)

[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209562/](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209562/)

[https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/12/11/2143509/0/en/Metastatic-Cancer-Treatment-Market-Size-To-Be-Worth-USD-111-16-Billion-by-2027-Emergen-Research.html](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/12/11/2143509/0/en/Metastatic-Cancer-Treatment-Market-Size-To-Be-Worth-USD-111-16-Billion-by-2027-Emergen-Research.html)

[https://www.cancer.ca/en/about-us/our-research/?region=on#:~:text=In%202019%E2%80%932020%2C%20the%20Canadian,in%20the%20future%20of%20cancer](https://www.cancer.ca/en/about-us/our-research/?region=on#:~:text=In%202019%E2%80%932020%2C%20the%20Canadian,in%20the%20future%20of%20cancer).

[https://www.nap.edu/resource/25665/Heritable%20Human%20Genome%20Editing%20Report%20Summary%20-%20FINAL%2020200903.pdf](https://www.nap.edu/resource/25665/Heritable%20Human%20Genome%20Editing%20Report%20Summary%20-%20FINAL%2020200903.pdf)

[https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/crispr-bombshell-chinese-researcher-claims-have-created-gene-edited-twins](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/crispr-bombshell-chinese-researcher-claims-have-created-gene-edited-twins)

[https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/15-worrying-things-about-crispr-babies-scandal/577234/](https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/15-worrying-things-about-crispr-babies-scandal/577234/)

[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00673-1](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00673-1)

[https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/did-crispr-help-or-harm-first-ever-gene-edited-babies](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/did-crispr-help-or-harm-first-ever-gene-edited-babies)

[https://www.nap.edu/resource/25665/Heritable%20Human%20Genome%20Editing%20Report%20Summary%20-%20FINAL%2020200903.pdf](https://www.nap.edu/resource/25665/Heritable%20Human%20Genome%20Editing%20Report%20Summary%20-%20FINAL%2020200903.pdf)