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The David H. Murdock Research Institute in Kannapolis received a $50 million gift Wednesday from its founder, David Murdock. The nonprofit institute is part of...
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University of Washington engineers and NanoFacture, a Bellevue, Wash., company, have created a device that can extract human DNA from fluid samples in a simpler,...
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