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Enabling Technology for Testing Gene Function in Wool Follicle Growth and Development and SGP Hair Follicle License

Project start date: 01 December 2009
Project end date: 26 April 2013
Publication date: 26 April 2013
Project status: Completed
Livestock species: Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle

Summary

MLAs share of IP costs ($153.00 for patent protection whilst we sought animal health pharmaceutical company interest in licensing a hair follicle compound screening assay. This IP emanated from the Sheep Genomics Program and was jointly owned by AWI, AgResearch (NZ) and MLA. The patent application was entitled DERMAL PAPILLA CELL AGGREGATION NZ572528