The Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative, or READDI, is tackling a monster challenge with a simple mission. “We’re trying to look into the future and create medicines against viruses we’ve never seen,” says CEO James Rosen. The nonprofit biotech company was launched in April 2020 by founding partners UNC Chapel Hill, the Structural Genomics […]| Business North Carolina
Move fast and break something. That Silicon Valley mantra works with tech companies, sometimes. But can the same idea be applied to a digital media startup? Kyle Villemain, the 32-year-old founder and editor-in-chief of The Assembly, is giving it a try. “We’ll know in a few years if we’re someone to emulate or a cautionary […]| Business North Carolina
Momentum is building for a nuclear energy revival as power demand and climate concerns soar. Can the industry overcome its long-term pitfalls? If a “foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” as Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, then ecologist Stewart Brand must be considered an unusually expansive thinker. Once a vocal opponent of nuclear power, […]| Business North Carolina