Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor, a key figure in North Carolina’s ascension to global life sciences leadership as a founder and long-time president of the sector’s trade association, NCBIO, has died at the age of 64 of pancreatic cancer.
Taylor, who died Sunday, Feb. 21, was instrumental in the founding of the NC Biosciences Organization, now NCBIO, in 1994 and had served as its president since 2006. As president, he advocated for NCBIO and its members before the North Carolina General Assembly, state executive agencies and North Carolina’s delegation to Congress.
He was honored this month by Gov. Roy Cooper for his contributions to the state and its citizens with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the state’s highest award for service.
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Analyzing 3,474 participants with NAFLD from August 2016 to March 2019, the study found 67% had not had a liver biopsy.
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