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We work hard to bring you the stories about the life science community in North Carolina. Every once in a while, we add a little news of our own. Read some of those stories below, or check out some of our perspectives on our staff blog.

June 5, 2018
World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day! Beat Plastic Pollution - If you can’t reuse it, refuse it!

World Environment Day has helped raise awareness of environmental concerns such as: depletion of the ozone layer, toxic chemicals, desertification and global warming. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries. 

North Carolina has previously celebrated the event by cleaning some public areas as part of the Adopt-A-Highway program. North Carolina is also a coastal state with a wealth of natural resources. Keeping plastics out of the ocean is also a big challenge in the state. 

June 4, 2018
BioGENEius Challenge

Concord Teen Among Finalists at BIO for International Science Prize

Sumani Nunna, a senior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, was one of the 15 finalists for the International BioGENEius Challenge, a major science competition for high school students.
May 25, 2018
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Forbes, Inc. Say 3 NC Life Science Workplaces Among 2018 ‘Best’

Three North Carolina life science companies and four universities were recently recognized for creating employee-friendly workplaces.
May 25, 2018
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Federal Grant to Forsyth Tech Will Support Workforce Skills Assessment

Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem has won a $579,961 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to define the workforce skills technicians will need for manufacturing jobs at the intersection of biomedical devices and tissue engineering.
May 23, 2018
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FDA Grants Expedited Status for bluebird bio’s Gene Therapy

bluebird bio, a gene therapy company with operations in Durham, has received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Lenti-D, its potential treatment for a rare and life-threatening neurological disorder in boys.
May 22, 2018
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AveXis Brings $55M Gene Therapy Factory, 200 Jobs to Durham

AveXis, an Illinois-based clinical-stage company developing gene therapies for neurological genetic diseases, is investing $55 million in a new Durham manufacturing facility that will create 200 jobs. 
May 22, 2018
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FDA Approves Dova’s Drug for Restoring Low Blood Platelets

Dova Pharmaceuticals of Durham has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its first commercial drug, a tablet for treating thrombocytopenia, or low blood platelet counts, which can cause dangerous bleeding.
May 21, 2018
Thad Wadas (from second left with Dr. Jeong Hoon Park) meet with students during a scientific and cultural exchange in Seoul, South Korea.

Wadas Recognized for Precision Imaging and Cancer Therapy Research

Thaddeus Wadas, Ph.D., assistant professor of cancer biology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine whose research has been funded by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, has gained international recognition for his achievements in cancer imaging and radiotherapy research.
May 18, 2018
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Precision Health Partnerships Are Vitally Important

Precision medicine is opening the door to enormous opportunity. And that’s driving an influential group of leaders from academia, business and government—through the North Carolina Precision Health Collaborative — to establish our state as one of the country’s key precision health knowledge hubs.
May 17, 2018
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Statera Environmental Makes First Sales of Water-Sensing Device

Statera Environmental Inc., a North Carolina State University spinout, has started selling its uniquely sensitive technology for assessing the bioavailability and chronic exposure of chemicals in water and air.

May 17, 2018
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Renovion Adds $350K to Lung Disease Drug Development Coffers

Renovion, a Durham pharmaceutical company developing a therapy for chronic inflammatory airway diseases, has added $350,000 in private equity to the $1.8 million raised in 2017.
May 11, 2018
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UNC Spinout Developing Device for Better Chemo Delivery

Advanced Chemotherapy Technology of Raleigh is developing an implantable device to infuse chemotherapy drugs directly into the pancreas, targeting difficult-to-reach tumors while largely sparing surrounding tissues, organs and blood vessels. 
May 10, 2018
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Advisory Committee for Biotechnology in the Piedmont Triad Adds Two New Members, Appoints New Leader of Executive Advisory Council

Three bioscience executives from industry and academia have been appointed to roles on the Advisory Committee for Biotechnology in the Piedmont Triad, which advocates for bioscience development in the region, and the Committee’s Executive Advisory Council.
May 8, 2018
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URO-1 to Launch New Botox-Injection System for Treating Overactive Bladder

URO-1, a medical device startup company in Winston-Salem, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin marketing its first product, a new system using existing endoscopes for injecting Botox into the bladder to treat overactive bladder.
May 4, 2018
Biogen's new GBS facility in RTP

A Thank You: $5M Biogen Addition A Reminder of Great Community Citizenship

Even though Biogen’s headquarters are in the Boston suburb of Cambridge, the global biopharmaceutical company’s ethos of community reinvestment continues to enrich North Carolina. That was again evident this week when Biogen marked the opening of its first-ever Global Business Services (GBS) Center by announcing the addition of 150 new, local jobs during the next two years.