Life scientists and data scientists across North Carolina who are interested in precision medicine and environmental health are invited to a free symposium May 8 at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
In late January, CARsgen Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company with operations in China and the U.S., started moving employees into a biomanufacturing facility in Durham, N.C., the company’s first such operations in North America.
MeTree, a Duke University biotech spinout that has invented a family health history tool, just got recognition from President Joe Biden’s Cancer Panel as a tool to optimize cancer screening.
by Jim Shamp, NC Biotechnology Center April 21, 2021 .
MORRISVILLE – San Francisco-based medical genetics testing company Invitae is investing $114.6 million to bring its wide-ranging test manufacturing capability to North Carolina, adding 374 life sciences jobs to the Research Triangle area.
The company, whose name is pronounced “in-VEE-tay,” is moving into the rezoned and renovated 25-acre site of the former Morrisville Outlet Mall on Airport Boulevard, now with 245,000 square feet of Class A office and lab space and renamed The Stitch. The company said it chose the North Carolina site as its East Coast lab and production facility over competition from Frederick, Maryland.
“Biotechnology companies continue to choose North Carolina as a trusted and reliable location to grow their companies,” said Governor Roy Cooper. “From specialized workforce training programs to world-class research infrastructure, companies like Invitae appreciate the advantages our state de