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Manufacturing Life-like Parts of the Body
All surgery has risks. If you're about to go under the knife, you may want to ask your surgeon how many times they've performed the operation they're about to do on you.
Now imagine this response from your doctor: "I've not only performed this operation, I've already done it on an exact replica of you."
That's the future that the company Anatomics envisions. Last month, Anatomics announced that it's joining the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.
Anatomics manufactures exact 3-D replicas of patients' anatomy. Surgeons can hold these medical models in their hands and use them to plan and rehearse surgery so that operations are safer, and faster.
Jen Nathan has more.
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Ribbon Cutting at the NCRC
The $1.5 billion North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis yesterday opened its core laboratory building and two other research facilities to the public. All traces of the 100-year old textile plant that was at that location are gone. WFAE's Simone Orendain attended the ribbon cutting and has this report.
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NC Research Campus Labs Open for Final Tours
Today is the last chance for the public to take a look inside new biotech labs at North Carolina Research Campus, before scientists lock the doors and begin their work finding cures for diseases like diabetes.
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Clueless About Biotech? Here's a Primer
The $1.5 billion North Carolina Research Campus continues to take shape in Kannapolis. Some universities involved in the bio-tech venture have begun hiring scientists to conduct nutrient research at the campus. The emergence of the new center may have you asking, "just what is biotechnology?" WFAE's Jen Nathan explains the basics.
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Drug Research Firm to Set Up Shop in Kannapolis
Wilmington-based PPD is the newest company to open an office on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. The compay does drug trials for the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, and plans to hire hundreds in the Charlotte region. From WFAE's Carolinas Business Bureau, Julie Rose reports.
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