NCSU, Locus Biosciences use gene editing to eliminate pathogen causing colitis
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RALEIGH – Research at North Carolina State University shows that the CRISPR-Cas system can be used to effectively target and…
Life Sciences
Biotech firm bioMerieux, which has an HQ in Durham, working on 3 coronavirus tests
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DURHAM – France-based bioMerieux, which has a big Triangle connection, is the latest biotech firm developing tests it says will…
Virtual reality shows promise for early detection of balance problems in multiple sclerosis sufferers
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CHAPEL HILL – People with multiple sclerosis (MS) often have a greatly increased risk of falling and injuring themselves even…
Duke researchers may have found a path to correcting loss of smell
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DURHAM – Is it possible for an adult brain to make new nerve cells? Scientists have debated this question for…
New UNC computational tool boosts understanding of genetic disorders affecting the brain
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CHAPEL HILL – Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and colleagues created a new computational tool called H-MAGMA to…
RTI researchers unveil new Lyme disease model to identify high-risk areas in the US
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK — Researchers at RTI International are working to identifying high-risk areas for Lyme disease in the United…
Another biopharma expansion is underway in NC – $54M manufacturing plant
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Another major biopharmaceutical manufacturing expansion is being planted in North Carolina soil.
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies U.S.A.,…
World Health Organization picks NCSU to help combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria
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RALEIGH – The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated North Carolina State University’s Department of Population Health and Pathobiology as…
UNC researchers implicate gene in DNA errors in aggressive breast cancer
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CHAPEL HILL – A hallmark of triple negative breast cancer, an aggressive breast cancer type, is the accumulation of errors…