Support WBURA Young Mississippi Woman's Journey Through A Pioneering Gene-Editing ExperimentPlay22:00Download AudioRob SteinDecember 25, 2019 ShareVictoria Gray, who has sickle cell disease, volunteered for one of the most anticipated medical experiments in decades: the first attempt to use the gene-editing technique CRISPR to treat a genetic disorder in the United States. (Meredith Rizzo/NPR)