14 Jun Open Source Cancer Research | Jay Bradner TEDx Talk

About this Talk on Open-Source Cancer Research

How does cancer know it’s cancer? At Jay Bradner’s lab, they found a molecule that might hold the answer, JQ1 — and instead of patenting JQ1, they published their findings and mailed samples to 40 other labs to work on. An inspiring look at the open-source future of medical research.

About Jay Bradner

In his lab, Jay Bradner, a researcher at Harvard and Dana Farber in Boston, works on a breakthrough approach for subverting cancer .. and he’s giving the secret away. See Jay Bradner’s full bio and more links at TED.com.