Tag: life science
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Study: Bionic pancreas improves type 1 diabetes management compared to standard insulin delivery methods
Editor’s note: WRAL TechWire’s weekly Deep Dive feature this week focuses on a possible means of improving type 1 diabetes treatment.
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CHAPEL HILL – A device...
3 scientists exploring ways of ‘snapping molecules together’ share Nobel prize for chemistry
Three scientists were jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be...
Park Point, a renovated campus in RTP, sells for $288M
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – A renovated life science campus in Research Triangle Park has been sold in a $288 million deal just a few years...
Good for the gut (health): Gusto Global raises $1.85M
MORRISVILLE – The Triangle biotech startup Gusto Global, which focuses on the microbiome and has developed a breakthrough therapy for treating Crohn’s disease, has raised...
Fennec Pharmaceuticals closes additional $20M following FDA approval
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company based in Research Triangle Park, has closed an additional $20 million in funding following...
Digital health startup Pattern Health lands $3.3M from investors
DURHAM – Digital health startup Pattern Health is gearing up for growth with $3.3 million in new funding from a variety backers.
Founded in 2016,...
California medical device sterilization company is buying land and investing $60M in Burlington
BURLINGTON – A California-based medical device sterilization company will invest nearly $60 million and hire at least 50 workers in Alamance County, and the firm’s...
How Duke researchers are using a $10M machine to advance science, vaccine development
DURHAM – What’s in a shape? As it turns out, a lot. Understanding the structures of proteins and other molecules in extremely fine detail...
Duke scientists discover possible effective component necessary for an HIV vaccine
DURHAM – To block infection from HIV, a successful vaccine will require a combination of ingredients, including at least three antibody targets and a substance...
Long COVID may be a clear & present danger to nation’s workforce – here’s why
Editor’s note: Paige Ouimet is Director of Research, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise & Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
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CHAPEL HILL – COVID-19 first caused chaos...
Bill Gates-backed Triangle startup targeting Alzheimer’s treatment raises $6M
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – An RTP based drug development firm backed by a Bill Gates-linked foundation has raised more than $6 million as it...
BD to invest at least $25M, hire 22 workers in Johnston County
JOHNSTON COUNTY – Medical device company Becton, Dickinson & Company, or BD, will expand its footprint in Johnston County with the addition of a...