Definition of "oncomouse" [oncomouse]

• A type of laboratory mouse that has been genetically modified to carry an activated oncogene, increasing its susceptibility to cancer. (noun)

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• "The $60 billion pharmaceutical industry became the most profitable industry on the planet by exploiting its plethora of patents on not only genes, but also bacteria, viruses, biologicals such as "artificial blood", cell lines, tissues, pharmaceuticals, and even on medically important plants and animals such as Harvard's patented cancer-prone "oncomouse," which are indispensable to medical research."
• "Harvard College had created a genetically modified mouse, known as the "oncomouse," that was particularly susceptible to developing cancer, and thus ideal for oncology research."
• "Diamond, enabled the "paradigm-shattering" (Washington, p.38) ability of researchers to successfully apply or sue for patents on life forms from oil-consuming bacteria (in the case of Ananda Chakrabarty) to Harvard University's multi-million dollar goldmine: the " cancer-prone 'oncomouse.'""