11 investors back Durham fintech startup LoanWell with $715,000 Date Published: August 19, 2020 DURHAM – LoanWell, a fintech startup that recently was selected for a new Google accelerator program, has $715,000 in new…
Backstory: A look at RTP’s growing gene therapy hub as startup brings 200+ $102,000 jobs to Durham Date Published: August 12, 2020 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – A young Boston-area gene therapy company, Beam Therapeutics, has joined a cluster of gene and cell…
Global agriculture company UPL unveils new ‘OpenAg’ hub in RTP Date Published: August 10, 2020 DURHAM — UPL Limited, an Indian multinational agriculture company, is opening a new, “state-of-the-art” research and development (R&D) hub in…
Dole Partners with Elo Life Systems to Save the Banana Date Published: August 5, 2020 “Yes! We Have No Bananas” was a chart-topping song hummed and sung across America after it was first recorded in…
AI could help fight drug-resistant superbugs, Duke biomedical engineers say Date Published: August 5, 2020 DURHAM – Biomedical engineers at Duke University have shown that different strains of the same bacterial pathogen can be distinguished…
Durham firm lands $30 million infusion from Triangle, Charlotte investors Date Published: August 5, 2020 A Durham-based software company has hauled in tens of millions in new funding as it looks to continue its growth.…
Durham-based Altis Biosystems sells unique human cell platform for more accurate drug-testing Date Published: July 31, 2020 DURHAM — Altis Biosystems, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spinout, has created a unique organ on a…
Durham biotech uses new funding to acquire gene therapy for eye disease Date Published: July 29, 2020 A Hatteras-backed, early-stage life science company has used its new funding to acquire the exclusive rights to gene therapy platform…
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover launching Thursday includes 8 components made in Durham Date Published: July 29, 2020 DURHAM – When NASA launches its 2020 Mars Rover Perserverance Thursday, July 30, it will include eight components used with…