North Carolina Research Campus

The North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) is a public-private research center occupying a 350-acre campus in Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States. The Campus was formed through a partnership of private corporations, universities, and healthcare organizations, with the activities of the campus focusing on human health, food, nutrition and agriculture.

The goal is to find new ways to prevent and treat diseases such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s and other diet and lifestyle-related disorders. Research and product development involves fruits, vegetables, grains, herbs and the health-promoting bioactive compounds they contain as well as functional and curative foods, exercise physiology, personalized nutrition and post-harvest technologies.

The corporations, universities and healthcare organizations that are partnering tenants at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, NC, share a joint mission to improve science, discovery and product development as it relates to human health, nutrition and agriculture. Bioactive compounds in plants and their potential to prevent and treat diseases like cancer, Atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and other metabolic disorders are a primary research focus. Scientists also study how to improve fruits and vegetables in order to create value-added and more nutritious crops that can benefit farmers and consumers.

Scientists at the North Carolina Research Campus are continually publishing new research findings. Examples include:

•NC A&T Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies- natural compounds gingerols and shogaols in ginger are potential preventative agents against lung and colon cancer, and 10-gingerol is a potential treatment to prevent anemia caused by chemotherapy or renal disease.

•NC State University Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI)- compounds in several ginger varieties show promise as a potential treatment for some cancers.

•UNC Greensboro Center for Biomedical Translational Research- zinc can repair and potentially reverse liver damage caused by alcohol-induced fatty liver disease, a risk factor for developing cirrhosis and liver cancer.

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