March 15, 2019

Matthew Kane
President and Chief Executive Officer
Precision BioSciences, Inc.
302 East Pettigrew St., Suite A-100
Durham, NC 27701

       Re: Precision BioSciences, Inc.
           Registration Statement on Form S-1
           Response dated March 13, 2019
           File No. 333-230034

Dear Mr. Kane:

       We have reviewed your March 13, 2019 response to our comment letter and
have the
following comment.

       Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement
and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts
and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why
in your
response.

       After reviewing your response to this comment, we may have additional
comments.
Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in
our March 6,
2019 letter.

Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed March 1, 2019

Capitalization, page 85

1.     We acknowledge your March 13, 2019 response to comment 1 of our March 6,
2019 letter
       and your election to account for your 2019 Notes under the fair value
option. Please tell
       us why the fair value of your 2019 Notes is $39.6 million upon the pro
forma completion
       of your offering when at least $46.6 million worth of your common stock
will be issued to
       settle these notes.
 Matthew Kane
Precision BioSciences, Inc.
March 15, 2019
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       You may contact Mark Brunhofer at 202-551-3638 or Mary Mast at
202-551-3613 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters. Please
contact Jeffrey Gabor at 202-551-2544 or Joe McCann at 202-551-6262 with any
other
questions.



                                                       Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameMatthew Kane
                                                       Division of Corporation
Finance
Comapany NamePrecision BioSciences, Inc.
                                                       Office of Healthcare &
Insurance
March 15, 2019 Page 2
cc:       Heyward Armstrong
FirstName LastName