Open Source BioTech

In a feature edition, renowned IT mag Red Herring focuses on CAMBIA’s role in pushing the boundaries of the biotech industry.

Australian Richard A. Jefferson, an American-born molecular biologist, is out to increase innovation in the life sciences by applying software’s open-source model to biotechnology. His goal is to change the global patent system and how people use intellectual property, and break the grip that the big multinationals hold on the tools of innovation.