RTP biopharma lands $150M in new funding for kidney disease research
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Pathalys Pharma, the Research Triangle Park-based biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for end-stage kidney disease, has secured $150 million in new…
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RTP genetics firm AskBio to pursue more gene therapies in new partnership
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Gene therapy company Asklepios BioPharmaceutical (AskBio) of Research Triangle Park has signed a multi-year research collaboration and option agreement with…
Novo Nordisk donates $6M to Durham Tech, will partner on life science workforce programs
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Novo Nordisk has gifted $6 million to Durham Technical Community College in an effort to boost the institution’s life sciences…
Traitology: Digital Biology Meets Traditional Agriculture to Advance Plant Trait Development
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Fayaz Khazi, Ph.D. – formerly CEO of North Carolina-based food and agricultural enterprise Elo Life Systems – has launched a…
VinFast to build a talent pipeline for techs ahead of 2024 plant opening
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Even though VinFast has bought the land on which the Vietnamese automaker will construct its first North American automotive plant, there’s still tons…
Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Offers Long-term Protection Against Severe Disease
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In 2021, a group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell…
NC State Helps Drive Economic Development
in Raleigh, Across North Carolina
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Following a year of record-breaking economic development successes, business and community leaders came together at the Raleigh Chamber’s annual meeting…
Duke’s links to new NASA’s Artemis mission: manikins Helga, Zohar
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NASA’s Artemis I mission launched Wednesday, and its “crew” includes Helga and Zohar, two manikin models designed in collaboration with…
Climate change & crops: Durham startup focuses on how tech can protect our food
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Two companies – Oerth Bio of Durham and Yara International of Norway – are teaming up to promote technology they believe will help farmers…