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DuPont And Caribou Cross-License CRISPR

by Michael McCoy
October 12, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 40

DuPont and the biotech firm Caribou Biosciences have agreed to cross-license their intellectual property related to the new gene-editing tool called CRISPR/Cas. Caribou was founded in 2011 by CRISPR research pioneer Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues. DuPont obtained its technology in June through a license from Vilnius University. DuPont made an equity investment in Caribou as part of the biotech firm’s recent Series A funding round. The two firms also will collaborate on research.

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