N.C. Research Campus, David Murdock, Aging Research to Be Featured On 'Oprah'
Originally Posted to Triangle Business Journal

Work on aging being done at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis will be featured Tuesday on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” The campus’s founder, Dole Food Co. owner David Murdock, also will appear on the show.

According to a statement, Tuesday’s “Oprah” is dedicated to health and aging.

Various scientists at the research center, which is being backed heavily by North Carolina businesses and the UNC System ( Raleigh Web Design ), were interviewed by “Oprah.” So was Murdock, 85, who will appear on the show to discuss his lifestyle habits.

The Murdock interview includes a bicycle ride on Murdock’s farm and “an impromptu trip to Costco,” Dole Food says in a statement.

Murdock established the Research Campus in Kannapolis to further advances in biotechnology and health research. The Triangle’s biggest research universities all have a presence there; so do companies including Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), PPD Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) and LabCorp (NYSE: LH).