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CG3 Minneapolis to attend Life Sciences Action Summit in Fargo Feb 19. U.S Sen. Byron Dorgan & Red River Valley Research Corridor-co-hosting. U.S Sen. Byron Dorgan and the Red River Valley Research Corridor are co-hosting the Research Corridor’s third life sciences action summit.  The summit will highlight the region’s significant advancements in the life science sector and work to create strategies for capturing high-potential opportunities related to our nation’s need for readiness and response to a growing number of bio-threats. 
“Growing life science activities here in North Dakota has been one of my top priorities for the Research Corridor,” Dorgan said. “This emerging industry has enormous potential to make North Dakota a leader in vaccine research and development in light of the increased threat from flu outbreaks and pandemics, creating many new jobs along the way.”
Since the Red River Valley Research Corridor initiative was started in 2002, Sen. Dorgan has directed over $31.5 million in federal funding toward life science activities in the state. These federal investments have helped high-tech companies like Aldevron, Avianax and NovaDigm to develop critical vaccines and antibodies to combat serious diseases like Ebola, HIV, influenza and West Nile Virus.