A Platform for Next Generation Biologics

NCBiotech Grants & Loans

See the full listing of all NCBiotech grants and loans awarded since July 2012.

Organization
Duke University
Award Date
Award Amount
100,000
Program Name
Biotechnology Innovation Grant
Program Category
Research and Equipment Support
Principal Investigator
Michael Lynch
Fiscal Year
2018
Region
Research Triangle
Project Description: Many new medications are made of biologic materials, such as peptides or whole proteins. Manufacturing of these peptides and proteins requires specialized chemistry to make the peptides and protiens more stable and less reactive to a person's immune system. This project aims to develop a new method of having specialty microbes make these peptides and proteins. The first experimental peptide to be manufactured using this system will be liraglutide, which is an FDA-approved treatment of Type 2 diabetes.
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