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17 January 2018Europe

Broad Institute to appeal CRISPR patent revocation

The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT has said it will appeal against a decision by the European Patent Office (EPO) to revoke one of its patents covering CRISPR/Cas9 technology.

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