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Duke launches Alzheimer's prevention study at NCRC

University researchers involved in the MURDOCK Study in Kannapolis is recruiting older people who don't have memory problems to participate in the project.

UNC-CH expands focus at NC Research Campus

The UNC Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis has hired Dr. Philip May, a research professor and expert in the field of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

NCSU adds two scientists to its NC Research Campus branch

The additional researchers at the Plants for Human Health Institute will increase the NCSU research staff in Kannapolis to seven.

Murdock Institute buys immune system research firm

NC Research Campus has 'turned the corner,' UNC system exec says

In wake of shakeup at the biotech research center, Steven Leath tells the Salisbury Post that NCRC's Murdock institute is catching up on bills and is increasing revenues.

The dome in NCRC's main lab

Murdoch Research Institute head steps down

Dr. Michael Luther, formerly with pharmaceutical companies Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, will remain with the David H. Murdock Research Institute but has moved to business development.

Effort underway to sequence blueberry genome at NC Research Campus

Students are also involved in the effort being led by NCSU Professor Dr. Allan Brown.

SAS co-founders remain on Forbes' 'Billionaires' list

Jim Goodnight and John Sall lead North Carolinians on the list. Charlotte's C.D. Spangler and NC Research Campus founder David Murdock also are among the elite.

Billionaire David Murdock wants to live to age 125

The founder of the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis and the owner of Dole Food says a strict diet is keeping him healthy at age 87. "I never have anything go wrong," he tells The New York Times magazine.

BTEC offers career experience in biomanufacturing

The Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) at N.C. State University offers hands-on training for students in a growing industry in North Carolina and throughout the U.S.

At Work at BTEC

Community college exec joins Duke Murdock study board

Kannapolis website touts the city as 'mecca for biotechnology'

The city is home for the North Carolina Research Campus. The new site is devoted to economic development.

"ThinkKannapolis" website

Kannapolis OKs cost-cutting provision for NCRC-related bonds

By utilizing federal subsidy, the Kannapolis City Council cuts costs for financing that will in part help infrastructure projects at the N.C. research campus.

Kannapolis mulls $2.1M in savings for NCRC-related bonds

"Build America Bonds," a type of financing subsidized by the federal government in an effort to help the struggling bond market recover, could reduce costs.

Kannapolis OKs $35M in bonds for infrastructure, other projects