Then, we cloned each guide RNA into a GFP-expressing vector and transduced the guides into three Cas9-expressing cell lines: the triple-negative breast cancer cell lines Cal51 and MDA-MB-231, reported to be addicted to MELK expression (Wang et al., 2014), and the melanoma cell line A375, from a cancer type that over-expresses MELK (Gray et al., 2005; Ryu et al., 2007). This evidence concerns the gene MELK and cancer.