By Emily Ford
eford@salisburypost.com
Laboratory Corporation of America and Duke University reached a deal today regarding operation of a high-tech storage facility near the N.C. Research Campus and management of up to 10 million human biological samples.
Burlington-based LabCorp and Duke are collaborating on the 40,000-square-foot biorepository at U.S. 29 and Chipola Road, which is under construction by campus developer Castle & Cooke North Carolina and should open later this year.
The biorepository will store samples for academic centers, research organizations, health-care providers and biotechnology companies.
Duke will use the facility to house samples collected from 50,000 Cabarrus County and Kannapolis residents who enroll in Duke’s long-term medical research study.
LabCorp chief executive officer David P. King said the biorepository will lead to new discoveries and diagnostic tests that will benefit patients.
Read more in Wednesday’s Salisbury Post.