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UNC Nutrition institute at NCRC lands $5.3M grant

Posted by Salisbury Post | Mar 25, 2013

The UNC Nutrition Research Institute at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis has received a $5.3 million grant to study fetal alcohol disorders in South Africa. The funds are from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The study will be conducted by Dr. Philip May, a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) and Department of Nutrition. May is widely recognized as a leader in the field of fetal alcohol disorders and has conducted extensive research on its epidemiology and risk factors. A former...

What is bottled water’s impact on metabolism? UNC wants to know

Posted by Salisbury Post | Jan 21, 2013

Lori Van Horn spent a restful 24 hours Friday inside a room that from the outside looks like a cruise ship cabin. Van Horn, of Mint Hill, is a participant in a metabolism study being conducted at the UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute, at the North Carolina Research Campus. Dr. Andrew Swick, associate professor and director of Obesity and Eating Disorders Research at the University of North Carolina Research Institute, is heading the study. Stephen Orena, a lab manager and a research associate in the Swick lab, runs the study. The study hopes to measure the effect of a...

Biotech Center backs N.C. Research Campus genomic group

Posted by Salisbury Post | Oct 1, 2012

The David H. Murdock Research Institute will receive funding from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center to sponsor the Genomic Sciences Regional Exchange Group which is designed to focus on genomics-based research. Gene REG will serve as a forum for discussing scientific ideas, new directions and data analysis techniques from...

Murdock Research Institute adds new scientist

Posted by Salisbury Post | Aug 27, 2012

The David H. Murdock Research Institute (DHMRI) at the North Carolina Research Campus has a new member, Anita McCauley, PhD. She will oversee the light microscopy facilities, offering consultative, collaborative scientific client support on a part-time basis. She will also lead workshops to further enhance knowledge of the microscopy...

Power greens: NCSU touts mustard greens, cabbage

Posted by Salisbury Post | Aug 20, 2012

Researchers working for N.C. State University in Kannapolis have shown mustard greens and cabbage could be back-up plants for Popeye’s spinach when it comes to building muscles and increasing physical performance. Recent studies at the NCSU Plants for Human Health Institute at the N.C. Research Campus show that compounds...

NCSU opens three greenhouses at N.C. Research Campus

Posted by Salisbury Post | Aug 13, 2012

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – N.C. State University’s Plants for Human Health Institute has started operations in three new greenhouses near the North Carolina Research Campus.. The $340,000 greenhouse complex will strengthen N.C. State’s infrastructure at the life sciences hub, the university said. The complex creates about 10,000 square feet of additional...

N.C. Research Campus launches new website

Posted by Salisbury Post | Jul 2, 2012

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — The N.C. Research Campus has launched a new website, the Salisbury Post reports. Still at www.ncresearchcampus.net, the enhanced site offers: • An expanded homepage and search capabilities. • Detailed information about campus partners, ongoing research and published research. • More opportunities to collaborate with scientists from the...

Ginger could be anemia treatment, NCRC scientists find

Posted by Salisbury Post | Jun 4, 2012

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – N.C. Research Campus scientists have discovered ginger is a potential treatment for anemia. Dr. TinChung Leung of N.C. Central University and Dr. Shengmin Sang of N.C. A&T State University, both scientists at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis, collaborated on a series of studies that established ginger as a potential treatment for anemia commonly caused by chemotherapy or renal disease. Leung and Sang tested the effects of ginger on zebrafish embryos. They added ginger extract to the water of transparent embryos, which allows their biologic activity to be easily viewed under a microscope. Read here for...

UNC Nutrition Institute lands Gates Foundation grant

Posted by Salisbury Post | May 14, 2012

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — The UNC Nutrition Research Institute at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis has been named a Grand Challenges Explorations winner by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The institute won $100,000 to pursue a global health and development research project titled “Choline and Optimal Development.” Dr. Steven Zeisel, institute director, will lead the research, which aims to determine if changing the diet of pregnant women in Africa can make their babies smarter. Some research will include pregnant women in Kannapolis. Grand Challenges Explorations funds individuals worldwide to explore ideas that can break the mold in how...

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