North Carolina apparently loses in bid for $450M federal biolab

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — North Carolina apparently has lost out on its bid to land a $450 million federal bioresearch lab, but members of the consortium assembled to land the project aren’t given up yet.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security had selected Kansas for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. However, an official announcement has not been made.

North Carolina offered a site near Butner in Granville County to host the lab and the hundreds of jobs that would come with it. Other sites in Georgia, Mississippi and Texas are also finalists.

The consortium of N.C. backers, including the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and N.C. State’s School of Veterinary Medicine, is not conceding defeat, however.


http://localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/biotech/story/4071375/

Unlike the writer of this article, I think this is a good thing for now. But I hope we don't get it.

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1. Cool.

I hope it's a done deal.

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2. Glad it NOT coming here. Job, yes...but making BioWeapons NO NO NO!

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3. GOOD! I don't want the damn thing here jobs or not. n/t

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4. I don't either, Triana

Apparently there was a little clique over at the NC State Vet School who wanted it, who thought it would be good for the Vet School, but damn me if I can figure out how a BIO WEAPONS lab, is good for a vet school that is dedicated to taking care of livestock.