MetaMorphix, Inc.

MetaMorphix Inc. was formed in 1994 as a research collaboration between Genetics Institute, now a part of Wyeth (a pharmaceutical company) and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The purpose of the collaboration was to discover and characterize Growth Differentiation Factors. The collaboration discovered 16 unique growth factors. MetaMorphix's initial platform technology is based on one of these factors, Myostatin™.MMI acquired its second technology platform, immunopharmaceuticals. The platfom was initially developed by the University of Saskatchewan and then licensed exclusively licensed to BioStar, a Canadian biotechnology company. MetaMorphix acquired BioStar's assets in 2000.
On March 1 2002 , MetaMorphix acquired its third technology platform, genomics, from Celera Genomics, the biotechnology company that sequenced the human genome. MetaMorphix also obtained Celera’s AgGen operation, a wholly-owned subsidiary and one of the largest animal genotyping facilities in the world

Contact Details: 8000 Virginia Manor Rd., Suite 140 Beltsville Maryland 20705 United States of America Tel: (301) 617-9080 Fax: (301) 617-9075 Email: optout@MetaMorphixinc.com WWW: www.metamorphixinc.com/

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Lost contract takes major bite out of MetaMorphix	Biz Journals:  Nov 2 2009 6:16AM Matching: metamorphix inc

MetaMorphix, Inc. Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7511127	Compositions, methods and systems for inferring bovine breed
7227013	Growth differentiation factor-9 regulatory sequences and uses therefor
6555672	Growth differentiation factor promoter and uses therefor

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