DURHAM, North Carolina, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: A team of engineers at Duke University have developed a method to broaden the reach of CRISPR technologies. While the original CRISPR system could only target 12.5% of the human genome, the new method expands access to nearly every gene to potentially target and treat a broader range of diseases through genome engineering. The research involved collaborators at Harvard University,   more

WELDON, North Carolina, Dec. 1 -- Halifax Community College issued the following news release: Halifax Community College (HCC) is delighted to announce that First Citizens Bank in Roanoke Rapids, NC has generously donated $25,000 to support student success. As a longstanding advocate of education and community progress, First Citizens Bank has made a significant contribution that will greatly benefit HCC's mission to provide excellent education and enhance the student experience. The donation   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey, joined by the other Executive Committee governors of the Reproductive Freedom Alliance - California Governor Gavin Newsom, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper - and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, called on U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra a  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 1 -- McCormick Theological Seminary issued the following news: The hospitable and supportive environment Jeanne Hale (M.Div.'06) experienced at McCormick is what she offers students and staff at WakeMed, a healthcare system in Raleigh, North Carolina. An ACPE certified educator, Rev. Hale provides clinical pastoral education to those who will offer spiritual care to patients and their families. While a project manager engineer for a company in Charlotte, North Carolina,  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 5 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has launched a performance dashboard (https://dashboards.ncdhhs.gov/t/DMHDDSAS/views/988PerformanceDashboard112022thru102023_17002346658920/988Dashboard?:embed=y&:isGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y) for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline to highlight how the suicide and crisis lifeline is being used in North Caro  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 5 -- The North Carolina Department of Insurance issued the following news release: Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is proud to announce that NCDOI's Chief Deputy Commissioner Jackie Obusek was awarded the Robert Dineen award at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Fall Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. This award, named in honor of the founder of NAIC's Support and Services Office, recognizes regulators for outstanding service and contri  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: The American Cancer Society has awarded a five-year, $1.2 million Team Science grant to a group of UNC-Chapel Hill researchers who will develop new methods to measure and map cancer screening across North Carolina. Katherine Reeder-Hayes, MD, is the study's lead principal investigator, and Jenny Lund, PhD, and Christopher Baggett, PhD, are the te  more