bluebird bio launches gene therapy for severe blood disorder in Germany Date Published: January 29, 2020 DURHAM — bluebird bio, a gene therapy company with operations in Durham, has launched for the first time its treatment…
Here’s how UNC is helping make RTP region a startup boom region Date Published: January 16, 2020 Increasingly, the Research Triangle Park region and North Carolina is becoming a hotbed for startups and entrepreneurs, fueled in part…
RTP agtech accelerator offers $100,000 prize to a startup Date Published: January 15, 2020 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Alexandria Real Estate, which operates the Alexandria LaunchLabs accelerator in RTP, is offering a $100,000 prize…
A world first: Triangle’s Locus Biosciences to launch gene editing trial involving therapy ‘cocktail’ Date Published: January 10, 2020 Morrisville-based Locus Biosciences, a developer of precision antibacterial therapies, will conduct the world’s first clinical trial of a recombinant bacteriophage…
Duke researchers land $6M in federal grants to advance gene editing Date Published: January 3, 2020 Hemophilia. Cystic fibrosis. Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Huntington’s disease. These are just a few of the thousands of disorders caused by…
Durham’s Lucid Dream, a virtual and augmented reality startup, aims to revolutionize healthcare Date Published: December 10, 2019 DURHAM – Lucid Dream is on the rise. Earlier this month, the virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) startup announced plans…
Q2 Solutions plans $73M precision medicine lab, adding 750 jobs in Durham Date Published: November 29, 2019 Q2 Solutions, a Morrisville clinical trial laboratory services provider, announced plans today for a new $73 million precision medicine facility…
UNC-Chapel Hill: 6th Most Innovative University in the World Date Published: November 19, 2019 Each year, Reuters publishes its list of the World’s Most Innovative Universities, a list that identifies and ranks the educational…
RTP gene tech firm lands deal worth up to $90M for 8 nervous system therapies Date Published: November 14, 2019 By Rick Smith, WRAL TechWire RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – StrideBio, a life science startup focused on gene editing technology, has…