NC State tapped to solve logistical challenges in Covid testing
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Throughout the pandemic, the shortage of testing kits has been a persistent issue lamented by public health officials and providers…
Life Sciences
Armed with $600K grant, NCSU researchers aim to improve COVID-19 test kit distribution
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RALEIGH – Getting accurate, timely information on COVID-19 cases is one of the major challenges facing policymakers as they make…
KNOW Bio: Nitric oxide could help combat coronavirus
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While vaccines have dominated the conversation about crushing coronavirus, a local company is working on a potential cure. Research Triangle…
Durham biotech startup believes its experimental treatment could fight off COVID-19
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KNOW Bio, a biotechnology startup in Research Triangle Park, has joined the raft of companies around the world trying to…
RTP startup targeting stroke treatment raises $1.9M, wants another $5M
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Life science startup Basking Biosciences, which is developing what it believes will be a reversible anti-thrombotic…
RTP biotech backed by Jim Goodnight says nitric oxide can fight COVID-19
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – KNOW Bio, a biotech backed by SAS cofounder and CEO Jim Goodnight, says it has demonstrated…
Gene therapy company bluebird bio reports positive test results for treatment
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – bluebird bio, a global gene therapy company with a new manufacturing facility in Durham, has unveiled…
Triangle therapeutics startup’s deal with global firm RTI is important – here’s why
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – A newly established high-powered Research Triangle Park company, APIE Therapeutics, has signed a licensing agreement with …
Durham’s BioCryst lands $44M contract to test anti-viral drug against COVID-19 virus
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK — BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has landed a $44 million contract to see if its investigational anti-viral drug, galidesivir,…