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Genetic Technologies (GENE), University of Melbourne Enter Development Agreement for Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment Test

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Genetic Technologies Limited and The University of Melbourne Enter into Exclusive Worldwide License Agreement to Develop Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment Test

November 29, 2016 5:30 AM EST

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA -- (Marketwired) -- 11/29/16 -- Genetic Technologies Limited (ASX: GTG) (NASDAQ: GENE) ("Company"), a molecular diagnostics company and provider of BREVAGenplus, a first-in-class, clinically validated risk assessment test for sporadic (non-hereditary) breast cancer, today announced the signing of an exclusive worldwide license agreement with The University of Melbourne for the development and commercialisation of a novel colorectal cancer (CRC) risk assessment test.

The core technology behind this CRC risk assessment test was developed by Professor Mark Jenkins and his research team at the University's Centre for Epidemiology and... More