Peter Meldrum, Who Lost a Fight to Patent Genes, Dies at 71

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 15:00 in Biology & Nature

He led Myriad Genetics, whose patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, associated with breast cancer, were invalidated by the Supreme Court.

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