North Carolina Biotechnology Center
In the early 1980s, the state's General Assembly appointed a legislative study commission to determine how North Carolina could ensure long-term economic benefits from biotechnology.
A yearlong study by the commission concluded that North Carolina needed a private, non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to biotechnology development.
The state legislatures then established the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, headquartered in Research Triangle Park, as the world's first government-sponsored organization dedicated to developing the biotechnology industry.
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