China kicks off CRISPR race with first human trials.Nick Whighamnews.com.auEmail a friendCHINESE scientists have become the first in the world to use a revolutionary new gene-editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 on living humans.Scientists at Sichuan University in Chengdu have injected a person with aggressive lung cancer with cells modified using the gene-splicing technology in a bid to make the p..