“The Research Campus is a thriving scientific community where the best minds will shape the way we understand nutrition and its relationship to disease.” -David H. Murdock
Scientists from academia, government and industry collaborate at the NCRC to advance the understanding of the links between nutrition and disease and to promote better health worldwide.
The Nutrition Research Building is home to the research programs of UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Greensboro, NC A&T University and NC Central University.
The blueberry is one of the fruits researchers at the NCRC are studying in order to identify, understand and utilize all of its health-promoting benefits to fight diseases like cancer, diabetes, and obesity.
The Plants for Human Health Building houses the research programs of Dole Foods, NC State University, Appalachian State University and UNC Charlotte.
In the laboratory and in the field, scientific discoveries at NCRC are uncovering new links between nutrition and disease promising healthier foods and new preventative methods, treatments and, one day, cures for disease.
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The university researchers at the NCRC have attracted over $30 million in federal research grants. Together with industry researchers, they are discovering new scientific links between nutrition, agriculture and disease, promising healthier foods and new preventative methods and treatments for diseases like cancer, diabetes and obesity. To learn more about the NCRC, take a virtual tour of the: