The Institute of Cancer Research and CRT make european BRAC2 gene patent freely available

The Institute of Cancer Research and Cancer Research Technology Limited (CRT), the technology transfer company of the charity Cancer Research UK, today announced the availability of free licences of European patents on the hereditary breast cancer gene BRCA2 to publicly funded research laboratories and not-for-profit research laboratories.

 

  • 11 August 2004

The patents are based on the pioneering work of Professor Mike Stratton undertaken at The Institute of Cancer Research and funded by CRT's parent charity, Cancer Research UK.
Further instructions for obtaining the licence can be found here: https://www.cancerresearchhorizons.com/our-portfolio/our-licensing-opportunities