Duke study update draws big crowd at N.C. Research Campus

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — Interest in Duke University's MURDOCK Study continues to grow, if the crowd at the N.C. Research Campus Tuesday night was any indication.

More than 250 people attended the second free seminar about the groundbreaking health study, and the question-and-answer session after the presentation continued for 30 minutes. They met in the Core Laboratory Building, crown jewel of the $1.5 billion biotechnology hub in downtown Kannapolis.

The topic was "-omics," the nickname for the proteomic and genomic technologies that will drive the MURDOCK Study's quest to understand the genetic cause of disease. Researchers hope to discover why some people get sick and others don't and why some patients respond to drug treatments and others only suffer side effects with no benefit.

For complete details, see The Salisbury Post report.

MURDOCK is an acronym derives from Measurement to Understand Reclassification of Disease of Cabarrus/Kannapolis and a name created to acknowledge research campus creator David Murdock.